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Title: Comadres Event Flyer for International Women's Day, March 8th (No Year, Circa 1984), Eastham, Massachusetts
Description: Massachusetts, Cape Cod NOW, Publisher. Unbound. no date, circa 1984. Single sheet, printed on a single side. Roughly 5 ½ by 8 inches. A flyer for an event hosted by the Cape Cod chapter of NOW (National Organization of Women), featuring members of the human rights group, CoMadres. CoMadres was founded in 1977 by a group of women from El Salvador whose family members were either killed or disappeared in the fighting between left and right wing political factions in the country. Members of the group also faced torture, kidnapping and rape because of their efforts to seek justice and shed light on what was happening in El Salvador. The group won the first Human Rights Award issued by the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Institute in 1984. GOOD condition. Some wrinkling and creasing to the paper. Minor toning and soiling. Good .

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