Series S2 - International Women's Day Committee : Vancouver

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International Women's Day Committee : Vancouver

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    CA ON0034 10-124-S2

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    • 1970-1989 (Creation)
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      Yanz, Lynda

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    31 cm of textual records

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    (1951-)

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    Lynda Yanz was a feminist and socialist activist focused primarily on the rights of women workers and the working class. Yanz was also involved in the Marxist-Leninist movement, and her records suggest that she sought to bring these movements together in solidarity through her role in feminist organizations like the Vancouver Women's Research Centre and the International Women's Day Committee. Yanz was also involved with the Marxist-Leninist group In Struggle!, and collected their important documents and periodicals. Lynda Yanz currently is the Executive Director for Maquila Solidarity Network, a labour and women's rights organization supporting workers in the global garment and footwear industry, which she co-founded in 1993.
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    Lynda Yanz était une militante féministe et socialiste qui se concentrait principalement sur les droits des travailleuses et de la classe ouvrière. Yanz était également impliquée dans le mouvement marxiste-léniniste, et ses archives suggèrent qu'elle a cherché à rassembler ces mouvements dans la solidarité à travers son rôle dans des organisations féministes telles que le Vancouver Women's Research Centre et le Comité de la Journée internationale de la femme. Lynda Yanz s'est également impliquée dans le groupe marxiste-léniniste In Struggle ! dont elle a rassemblé les documents et périodiques importants. Lynda Yanz est actuellement directrice exécutive du Maquila Solidarity Network, une organisation de défense des droits des travailleurs et des femmes qui soutient les travailleurs de l'industrie mondiale de l'habillement et de la chaussure, qu'elle a cofondée en 1993.

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    This series contains material related to Yanz's work with the International Women's Day Committee (IWDC), a socialist-feminist group that participated in a wide variety of activist struggles, including reproductive rights, anti-racism, LGBTQ activism, and labour rights. The IWDC held biweekly meetings in Toronto from 1978 to 1987, and in 1987 changes its name to Toronto feminist Socialist Action (TFSA) to better differentiate the group from the International Women's Day Coalition, a larger group that organized events for International Women's Day. the IWDC sought to develop a specifically socialist-feminist policy and practice; for example, they offered picket line support for striking workers by organizing women's solidarity pickets, and argued that the liberation of women would require fundamental changes to the structure of society.

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