Most people think that socialism and communism have benefited women but we at LOLA know that liberty has been the most important value in women’s liberation. LOLA Chapters held 15+ events across the globe celebrating IWD through various protests and activities working to show that free markets and the ideas of liberty empower women, not socialism.

LOLA George Mason University (GMU)
Revamping Feminism

LOLA leaders gathered in front of the White House to promote the ideas of liberty, shared what libertarian feminism means to passerbyers, and how free markets empower women, not socialism. 
 

LOLA Washington D.C. & LOLA GMU
Celebrating IWD at the Reason D.C. Office

LOLA D.C. and GMU joined together at the Reason office in Washington D.C. as they united in the idea that women empower women, not governments.

LOLA Uruguay & LOLA Honduras
Women in the Labor Market

Two LOLA Chapters joined together for a zoom conference discussing women’s participation in Latin America’s economy, concluding that countries with more liberty, result in more women participation, economically speaking.

LOLA Honduras
Women as an Economic Pillar

LOLA Honduras celebrated International Women’s Day by talking to new women about using private, not government, solutions to advance women and the consequences of government intervention. 

LOLA Mendoza, Argentina
Marching in the streets of Mendoza

LOLAs went to downtown Mendoza City and passed out LOLA stickers in crucial points of the city including the main square, a local University, and a local institute.

LOLA Buenos Aires, Argentina
Marching in the streets of Mendoza

LOLA Toronto hosted a live chat featuring two perspectives of the Ukrainian crisis. Their two hosts were Olga Ovchinnikova, a Russian international student, and anti-war activist settled in Canada, and Daria Moroz, a Ukrainian immigrant currently settled in Canada. Watch the talk here. 

LOLA Mexico City, Mexico
Promoting Liberty in Mexico

LOLA Mexico gave a workshop educating attendees on the waves of feminism in relation to individual liberty. LOLAs also organized a cultural festival in cooperation with GAM Country, with Mexican dances, school participants, Aztec ritual, live music, and a LOLA table where members introduced the principles of libertarianism and free markets to festival attendees. 

LOLA Mexico City & LOLA Chile
International Women’s Day Discussion

LOLA Chile leader Joanna and LOLA Chile leader Catalina, talked about classical liberal feminism in Latin America with the Center Leadership of Women of the Americas forum in Peru. 

LOLA Chile & LOLA Paraguay
Women’s Labor Rights

LOLA Chile worked together with LOLA Paraguay for an International Women’s Day forum discussing women’s labor rights on maternity.

LOLA Medillin, Colombia
Introducing New Women to Libertarianism

LOLA Medillin used IWD to gather women of all backgrounds to a cocktail and networking event where they explored and asked questions about libertarian philosophy.

LOLA São Paulo, Brazil
Women in Power

LOLA Brazil hosted four women from four different careers in the public sector to talk about the difficulties and advances of women in positions of power. Amoung them were city council member, Cris Monteiro, Monica Rosenberg, and Luana Tavaress who are running as federal representatives and Vivian Satiro who works in São Paulo’s City Hall.

LOLA Bolivia
Women Who Have Advanced Classical Liberalism

LOLA Bolivia gathered for a presentation on three key women who have been important to liberalism, their contributions, and how we can apply their work today.

LOLA Brazil
IWD Fundraising for flood victims 

The city of Petrópolis experienced recent flooding that devasted residents leaving homes and their city underwater. LOLA sympathizes with the victims of the tragedy and, in the spirit of International Women’s Day, organized a collection of funds to purchase undergarments for women affected by the rain.

LOLA Florianópolis, Porto Alegre, and Paraná, Brazil
Celebrating women 

LOLA Brazil held various events in honor of IWD in different states throughout Brazil. In the state of Porto Alegre, LOLA Brazil partnered with LIVRES in hosting a free financial education class for women. In the state of Florianópolis, LOLA partnered with LIVRES for an IWD event, and in Parana, for a discussion on women in politics.

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SOCIAL MEDIA HITS AND MORE

Women’s Liberation is tied to Economic Liberty

“Most people think socialism and communism have benefited women but liberty has been the most important value of women’s liberation”-Feminist for Liberty and LOLA Leader Kat Murti explains. Watch it here. 

Happy Women’s Day from LOLA & Reason

Celebrating Ayn Rand in collaboration with our friends at Reason.

Examining the socialist origins of IWD and the role of liberty

Socialist feminists believe that the capitalist system forces oppression on women but LOLA is here to take back the socialist orginis of IWD and show the world how far women have come thanks to freedom and liberty. Women prosper with less government and more liberty in their lives. Read it here.

Is Capitalism Anti-Women?

The long course of women’s history and women liberation has largely been tied to economic liberty. Watch it here.

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We are so excited to see the ideas of liberty reach new women across the globe as leaders work hard to show new audiences that liberty, not socialism, works. Make sure that the ideas of liberty reach new women by donating to LOLA today.