FOEI declaration of support to the World March of Women

Friends of the Earth International (FOEI) issued a declaration condemning the Mozambican government for the illegal deportation of Eva Anadón Moreno, a member of the World March of Women's International Secretariat. The action followed a March 18, 2016, protest in Maputo against a Ministry of Education policy requiring female students to wear ankle-length skirts to avoid 'provoking' male teachers. FOEI reports that police used physical force and weapons against activists, arrested five individuals without proof of crime, and employed racist tactics to divide the detainees. The document characterizes these actions as an attempt to criminalize legal protest and intimidate social movements.

• On March 18, 2016, the World March of Women protested in Maputo against a Mozambican Ministry of Education requirement for girl students to wear ankle-length skirts to secondary schools to "avoid provoking their male professors".
• During the March 18 protest, police used physical force and pointed weapons at activists, including young women and girls, and arrested five people, including Eva Anadón Moreno and Suzete.
• Eva Anadón Moreno, a Spanish national and legal resident of Mozambique, was subjected to a series of illegal detentions and was ultimately deported to Madrid on March 30, 2016.
• FOEI alleges that Mozambican authorities used racist assumptions and political instrumentalisation to intimidate social movements and criminalise civil society mobilisation.

APA

admin (2016). FOEI declaration of support to the World March of Women. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/foei-declaration-of-support-to-the-world-march-of-women/

Chicago

admin. FOEI declaration of support to the World March of Women. Friends of the Earth International, 2016. https://www.foei.org/foei-declaration-of-support-to-the-world-march-of-women/.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |last1=admin |title=FOEI declaration of support to the World March of Women |publisher=Friends of the Earth International |date=4 April 2016 |url=https://www.foei.org/foei-declaration-of-support-to-the-world-march-of-women/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{admin2016foei, author = {admin}, title = {{FOEI declaration of support to the World March of Women}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2016}, month = apr, url = {https://www.foei.org/foei-declaration-of-support-to-the-world-march-of-women/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }