Les Complices* are very pleased to announce the upcoming exhibition by Sally Schonfeldt and Vera Ryser: We Demand! A research on the «Manifesto of foreign women» from 1975. The exhibition shows multiple narrative interviews with people who were involved in the creation of the «Manifesto of foreign women». Furthermore, various women's groups / political organizations, as well as the women involved in the manifesto, have been invited for two special evenings. More detailed Information to follow.
In February 1975 180 migrant women of different nationalities in Zurich wrote the «Manifesto of foreign women and wives of immigrant men». With it they demanded progressive political and social rights and fought publicly for recognition within Swiss society. This manifesto was then briefly and vigorously discussed in various Swiss media but was vilified more than anything. However many of the demands remain relevant to today. This commitment to the political and social rights of women migrants in Switzerland represents an important but little-known part of Swiss history and it seems urgent to make these experiences visible again forty years later. In order to make the endeavours of these women visible once more the artists have interviewed women involved in the Manifesto about their political work.
