Oral history project and exhibition on the "Manifesto of Foreign Women" written by 180 women in Zurich in 1975.

June – July 2016
Les Complices*, Zurich December 2016 – January 2017
Aargauer Kunsthaus, Auswahl 16, Aarau In Collaboration with Rosanna Ambrosi, Rosita Fibbi, Marianne de Mestral, Giovanna Meyer Sabino, Lucina Parazzini, Marianne Sigg and Mercedes Soto Supported by: Manifesta Parallel Events, Stiftung für Bevölkerung und Umwelt (BMU), Les Complices*
In February 1975, 180 women of various nationalities in Zurich wrote the "Manifesto of Foreign Women and Women of Foreign Men." In it, they demanded progressive political and social rights and publicly fought to gain recognition in Swiss society. The manifesto was subsequently discussed in various Swiss media, often briefly and heatedly, and was frequently subject to defamation. However, many of the demands remain relevant today.

This commitment to the political and social rights of women who immigrated to Switzerland is an important yet little-known part of Swiss history that, forty years on, urgently needs to be brought to public attention. The exhibition "We Demand!" showcases several narrative interviews with women who authored the manifesto in 1975 and reported on their political work. On two evenings, various feminist organisations and women involved in the manifesto were invited to participate in panel discussions.