ALIMUPER is a Peruvian women's group which, among other activities, publishes a bulletin, Accion, three times a year dealing with the problems of women and the socio-political reality of Peru. The item below was taken from Accion July 1980.

ALIMUPER, A.A. No. 2211, Lima 100, PERU. ' ALIMUPER went to ttie Plaza de Jesus Maria to denounce the commercialization of "Mother's Day" and the hypocrisy of the
system which ignores:

—1,500,000 single mothers

— sick children of malnourished mothers

— the penury of abandoned mothers raising children alone]

— abandoned children with neither roof nor protection

ALIMUPER protests :

— the physical and psychological exploitation of mothers '

— the lack of state aid for abandoned, widowed, and divorced mothers

— the infamous conditions of sanitation in maternity hospitals

We proclaim :

— We don't want flowers, we want rights

— Mothers are neither bought nor sold

— Queen for a day, slave the year 'round

ALIMUPER WANTS FOR MOTHERS :

— voluntary motherhood through the right to information and use of contraceptives

— mother and infant services for all mothers

— free legal aid services for abandoned and single mothers

— shared responsibility in childraising and domestic chores

— child care centres and communal dining halls