Since 2006, women's organisation from different countries were involved in the preparation in this conference and in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Latin America preparatory processes have been formed. Following the opening session with a very beautiful cultural programme performed by the Venezuelan hosts the conference started at the Bolivarian University.

01 April 2011 /International Bulletin / Issue 103

From March 4-8, 2011 women of different organisations coming from 38 countries met at the World Women Conference in Caracas, Venezuela organized on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of 8 March, Day of Struggle of the Labouring Women.
Since 2006, women's organisation from different countries were involved in the preparation in this conference and in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Latin America preparatory processes have been formed.
Following the opening session with a very beautiful cultural programme performed by the Venezuelan hosts the conference started at the Bolivarian University. Meanwhile more than 100 delegates from all over the world discussed on diverse problems and aspects of the international women's movement in a General Assembly, several workshops took place about 12 different topics stretching from women and the ecological question to women's question and socialism and capitalist restoration. Every evening a cultural night organised by the different continents present contributed to the exchange not only of experiences and idea but also of cultures.
In the Resolution „About the future of the militant world women's movement!" read in the final plenary session on March 7 it says: "Many of us are working for the socialist alternative as an answer to the desire for a better world! The ideas of that are diverse and this is why we consider the debate about a perspective as necessary in order to promote the women's struggle so that they will fight in the first row to conquer our rights: against sexual exploitation, women/child trafficking, for equal wages and for the right for a worthy and safe job, social rights, the protection of the environment, against racism and xenophobia, for the right to participate in politics with equal rights etc. The worldwide militant women's movement needs to closely cooperate for all of that and to unite and coordinate itself, learn from each other and struggle jointly. This is the most important message of this enthusiastic first World Women's of Rank-and-file Women 2011 in Caracas/Venezuela."
On March 8 the World Women Conference ended with an impressing and colourful march in the centre of Caracas with banners and slogans of the women's struggle written in large numbers of languages.
The participants of the conference decided to organise a one-year period of evaluation and then elect a new worldwide committee in order to organise a new World Women Conference in another continent in 5 years.