Every day more women (and men) send news of actions/support they’re taking/giving in/to the Strike. Tell us urgently how and what YOU are doing so we can let others know - please, please let us know as soon as possible.

And REMEMBER to:

• Send details of all the events you hear about, copies of your press releases & coverage.
• VIDEO YOUR EVENTS. We can help distribute them around to others to build for WGS 2001!
• Tell us what country, city, town or village you're in – and from.
• Order your Strike T-shirts, badges and postcards with logos in English

Leaflet translations availiable online: Arabic | Basque | Bengali | Brazilian Portuguese | Catalan | Chinese (simplified characters) | Chinese (traditional characters) | Croatian | English | French | Gaelic | German | Greek | Gujerati | Haitian Creole | Hindi |  Italian | Somali | Spanish | Swedish  | Tigrinia | Turkish | Urdu |

To be finalised: Albanian, Finnish, Russian, Thai ...  Can you offer others?

We’re desperate for money to pay for leaflets, mailings and requests for badges/ buttons from women who just can’t afford them - please send ££ to the UK, $$ to the US, made out to Women’s Strike Fund.

Women are asking churches in their village, town,
city, country to ring their bells on the 8th at noon.

ARGENTINA: Buenos Aires Organisation of professional women promoting the Strike.  Entre Rios Socialist Party women holding debate on the condition of women.  Santa Fe Housewives Union holding event at their Centre.  "We have fought for so many years in isolation and were even despised by many feminists. Our motto: We're neither few nor crazy (ni pocas ni locas), our slogan: Pensions without countributions, for workers without wages!".   Asking women to support the Strike by putting a broom outside their front door.

AUSTRALIA: Newcastle "tired tart joins Strike": "I seem to have spent all my life working very hard to attain very little... first as a machinist then as a prostitute. I won’t go to Uni, I won’t clean house or prepare a meal and I won’t have sex with a man for love or money!"

BRAZIL: Belem do Para -- Amazonia Associacao dos Graficos showing film comparing the activities of a man and a woman during one day.   Discussing the Strike demands.  After the 8th celebrations through the Camara de Vereadores de Belem and the Conselho Municipal da Condiicao Feminina.

BURKINA FASO, Rural women are "Striking to exist", demanding money for birth certificates and identity cards which most can’t afford. Calling workshop to mobilise women. "In my town all women are involved in small businesses from 8-11 in the morning. What they make from selling at the market allows them to buy food."

CANADA, Kingston (Ontario) Raging Grannies holding workshop downtown "recruiting new women to the barricades." Press conference with Queen's Women's Centre, asking women not to work, shop or study - their banner: WOMEN TAKE OFF MARCH 8. Planning to reach women doing gigs in shopping malls each Wednesday, and asking women to sign their banner. They sing three popular songs with their own lyrics. Publicity a Y2K update: ‘ It MIGHT happen, Women might stay home from work and not cook your dinner. Are you March 8 compatible?’  Toronto Catholic Network for Women's Equality calling a candlelight vigil in the centre of town. Victoria, British Colombia 'chapter of Global Women's Strike'  announcing Strike on media.   Canada Art & Revolution -- march to Parliament buildings where they'll have speakers and other entertainment: dance, songs, poems, jugglers, radical cheerleaders.   Women plan to occupy office of a Member of Parliament.Vancouver Vernon Women's Centre taking part. Waterloo. Ont. Teacher in History of Christianity promoting the Strike in classes and 'making sure it will be supported publicly in our chapel worship that day.  Chapel bells will toll at noon.

CHILE a number of women are going on Strike.   Socialist Women of Chile mentions some of our demands but not the Strike!

COLOMBIA, Cartagena de Indias request for information.

ECUADOR, National Council of Women "Strike couldn't have come at a better time:" holding conferences on waged and unwaged housework, connection with welfare and pensions. Constitution recognises housework as productive only country we know of.

ENGLAND: Ashton-Under-Lyne (Gtr Manchester) inviting women into tent in Market Sq. for champagne and to say why they’re striking, Bouncy castle for kids. MSF (Gtr Manchester Community Branch) trade union delegates will join to call for an annual holiday for all women on IWD. Doncaster council holding activities in six Youth Centres across the borough.   "During the evening all the women at Mexborough Youth Centre including youth workers will go on strike.  The running of the Centre will be carried out by the young men to encourage discussion and exploration of women in society today". Keithley Women’s Centre -- alternative therapy sessions. Liverpool Black Sisters -- Open Day. London Soho on Strike: sex workers in London's most famous red light area.go on strike to protest against eviction.  11am Press Conference at the Soho Society, The Allen Room, St. Anne's Church, 55 Dean St.  Central event of the Strike is the Day of Celebration and Protest at Union chapel Highbury & Islington1-11pm. Films, music, entertainers, including Songlines Int’l Women’s Choir and Redjen ("One More Kiss"). Visually Impaired Camden Attending. World Phone hookup -- get the news as we make it! Touring London with loudspeaker system, leafletting round Trafalgar Sq. Regular Strike stall on School of Oriental & African Studies campus. Undercurrents UK want international Strike footage to broadcast later. UNISON (Housing Association tu Branch) passed our model resolution - on Website.

GERMANY: "Frauenbewegung" (Women’s Movement).holding demonstrations all over, especially Berlin and Hannover

GHANA: Tema will put the idea into concert/drama and take to villages

GUYANA demanding pensionsfor older women.   Holding a vigil for Monica Reece, whose body was dropped on a public street, and whose death is taken as symbol for many unsolved murders.

HAWAII, Hilo: helping with translations and circulation.

INDIA: Chhattisgarh Women’s Organisation having women’s strikes from housework and village work, marches in Raipur, Ragard & Mahasmund. Talking to local governments. Going to Bhopal and Delhi to meet officials & government minister pressing demands against violence and poverty.

IRELAND: Women – who first called for an Irish Strike – are demanding annual Paid Public Holiday on 1 Feb 2001; Dublin: National Women's Council celebration Galway Women stopping traffic, and getting question of holiday raised in the Dail, their parliament.  One Indian restaurant will give free glass of wine or beer to every woman (in the spirit of Singapore IWD!).  Another restaurant is offering a free cup of coffee to every woman and a meal for two as a raffle prize.  Redjen's Strike Song is being played on every radio station in Ireland, promoted by Mary Coughlin, most famous singer in Ireland.

ISRAEL Women on Line Israel are placing a stand at Tel Aviv University between 10am and 2 pm for students and lecturers to sign pay equity petition.

ITALY: Rome On 7 March from 7pm to midnight -- 24-hour Reclaim the Streets from Piazza Venezia to Termini Station.  8 March 11am to 3pm Largo Argentina gazebo of lesbians and other women' to dstribute kit for artificial insemination, protesting against new law which recognises the embryo as a human being.  2-10pm Women's Global Strike in Campo dei Fiori.  On 4 March TG1, the most important tv channel, reported that 'women work 70 hours a week while men work 47.

KUWAIT Women's Issue Committee will gather in front of court to protest against Minister of the Interior's refusal to allow Kuwaiti women to register to vote -- women in Kuwait still can't vote or run for office.

MACEDONIA: Union of Women Organizations of Macedonia "We are glad to inform you that the Union of Women Organizations of Women of Macedonia will take part in the Global Women's Strike for 8th March.  We will mark this day with a peaceful protest against all kinds of discrimination, concentrating on the good ethnic relations, economic justice and gender equality.  This protest will be held independently in every town in Macedonia at 11am.  Best regards UWOM"

MALAWI: Lilongwe distributed over 2000 leaflets, preparations are underway amongst urban and rural women, Society for the Advancement of Women has done two workshops with women’s groups.

MEXICO: Mexico City Hijas de Mais (Daughters of The Corn) meeting, debate & celebration to discuss the role of Indigenous women in the Zapatista movement & in recent university strike, Strike Day public "Fiesta".  Defensoras Populares.  The Strike has sent a message of support to the Zapatista women who are marching on 8 March in San Cristobal de las Casas for the withdrawal of the army from Chiapas.  Other women on Strike are demanding the release of women students recently arrested.  Radio Live Desnudo Total interviews Strike co-ordinators from Barcelona.  Also in touch: Guaymas (Sonora) environmental organisation Pronatura trying to get the Strike in the local papers. Tepic (Nayarit). 

NEW ZEALAND: Parents as Partners (a campaign for equal treatment of partners in tax and benefits . . . giving recognition ot the economic contribution of the non-employed spouse and unpaid work of parenting) is planning a "Bad Hair Day"  in frustration with the lack of recognition and invisibility in government policy which is a violation of "our Human Rights" - they will distribute leaflets and badges

NIGERIA Grassroots Women Foundation publicising Strike in Grassroots News - demanding IWD is a national public holiday, allowance for ‘breastfeeding working mothers’.

PERU: Lima Centre for the Empowerment of Domestic Workers publicising Strike on their daily community radio programme.

PHILIPPINES: Broadcasting strike objectives on radio, TV, in print and Internet. Speakers’ bureau. Lobby to get a Presidential proclamation making IWD a paid holiday for women. A "No Housework Day," "No Shopping Day". Parties, picnics, etc. in communities and villages. Continue working for Strike objectives after 8 Mar.

ROMANIA News editor at radio station doing special show.

SPAIN: Women Stop across Catalunya! Women's Council, Federation of Municipal Councils, trade unions (UGT, USOC, CCOO), Women's Global Strike Committee, the Collective of Women in the Church, the Global March Commission and PIMEC (small employers) agreed to 12 noon women’s stoppage (with men supporters) - calling for a Millennium without Poverty or Violence. Women in waged work will gather outside their workplaces, and women doing unwaged work will gather in the central square of their town/neighbourhood to read stoppage demands. Agreed: full strike 8 March 2001!

National Union of Saharan Women supporting, Women in the European & Latin American Network of Pirate Radios broadcasting jingle and interviews about why women are striking. Malaga bookshop, Zaragoza having street demonstration, Sant Cugat, Basque country.

TAIWAN: Taipei holding a Strike.

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: Arima -- National Union of Domestic Employees marching in capital Port of Spain.

USA: Ms.Magazine announced Strike. Women Alive Coalition inc ( women with HIV&AIDS) "No Business As Usual" - closing office for the day. Boone, N. Carolina  President of campus chapter of NOW, Appalachian State University asking for women -- university professors, mothers, students, etc. --not to work in any way on 8 March.  Chicago The Socialist magazine printing our article on why we are striking..  Colorado March round shopping district downtown.  LA, Phila & San Fran. Pay equity petition, which union women are endorsing, will be launched by Wages for Housework with support of National Organisation FOR Women & CLUW.   LA .early press conference and speakout outside Welfare office protesting that 'welfare reform' denies that Every Mother is a Working Mother.  Then march with Justice for Janitors led by an enormous figure: the mother of all janitors -- 50 women will do civil disobedience to call attention to their low pay.  And finally a celebration and Warrior Woman awards for outstanding fighters, including the mother of an 18-year-old Black boy who was killed and then framed by the police, at Alexandria House (a Catholic community centre) where the men will do all the work that day.  Coalition Against Police Abuse endorsing Strike  San Francisco  Board of Supervisors endorses the strike and "urges the president of the United States as well as the Congress and House of Representatives of the United States to enact and pass legislation to designate March 8th a paid public holiday in honour of International Women's Day."   Philadelphia Press conference launching Pay Equity petition. Evening of Celebration and Protest at the Irish Center.  "Women strike against no pay, low pay and too much work!"    "Mega-parties" in Detroit, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco & New York "If you don't pay us for our work, we'd rather party instead". Bronx NY: women’s groups doing a day strike, "domestic Goddesses" & women who do double day are together launching letter writing campaign to continue throughout the year.  Manhattan NY a press conference on the 7th at office of Chilean campaign to bring Pinochet to face trial.  On IWD - 12 noon, leafletting with 'Don't just go out for lunch, go out on strike!'  Brooklyn NY Evening at women's bar: concert/speakout.  Austin, Texas 24-hour Women's Day broadcast on KOOP, KVRX, ACTV.  11 am March tfrom Republic Park o the capitol and rally there.   Roanoke, Virginia ('nearer to Tennessee and N. Carolina than Washington DC!')  Ash Wednesday service at Unitarian Universalist church will incorporate strike 'with love and light'.

Milwaukee Welfare Warriors - gathering women’s Bills for Billy (Clinton), their wages for work in welfare & services being stolen from them, to present on the day.  California feminist radio show announcing Strike. New Mexico: information on several women’s websites, playing the jingle on 24-hour women’s Internet show, Donestic Goddess taking her broom and poster to local shopping centre and Cal State Univ. Monterey Peninsula: National Organisation for Women, displaying info at multicultural conference; Keynote speaker, Farm Workers Union leader Dolores Huerta  co-founder of United Farm Workers Union, announced Strike.and encouraged women to put their beoom outside their door to signify their support for economic justice for women. San Francisco An afternoon of films and speakout..   Washington DC American Uni having teach-in from 3-7 - asked men to "step in" to do housework for housekeeping staff so they attend.  Female students will interview the cleaning women about all the work they do, waged and unwaged.   Wearing silver prism ribbons. Institute for Women's Policy Research publicising in newsletter & on Website.

MEN ARE ACTIVELY SUPPORTING Many men have sent Payday men’s network their personjal statements explaining why they are supporting the Strike (on Website). Still time for men to send a messages and to join in work for the events: childcare, food, etc. Payday (which has been leafleting & on Strike stalls) has 11 men ready to work on Strike Day. More needed everywhere! In Buxton, GUYANA, 13 men had a workshop to discuss what they thought about the Strike and what they proposed to do.  They supported the Strike demands and agreed that they want to press for the law to be obeyed by the government so women bwegin to get the rights they are already accorded by law, including their financial entitlements.  (We will publish their whole historic statement as soon as there is time and we're not on strike!))

ALBANIA: Tirana + ARGENTINA: San Luis + AUSTRALIA: Brisbane, Melbourne Newcastle + BELGIUM: Brussels + BRAZIL + BURKINA FASO + CAMEROON: Yaounde + CANADA: Alberta, Vernon & Victoria (BC), Calgary, Haldimand-Norfolk region, Kingston and Waterloo (Ont), Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver + CHILE: Valparaiso + COLOMBIA + CZECH Republic: Prague + ENGLAND: Brighton, Bolton, Edinburgh, Exeter, Liverpool, London, Keithley, Gtr Manchester, Norwich, Rochdale, Salford + EQUADOR: Quito + FINLAND + FRANCE + GERMANY: Bremen, Hannover + GHANA: Accra, Tema + GREECE + GUYANA + HAWAII + HONG KONG + HUNGARY: Budapest + INDIA: Bhopal, Calcutta, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Raipur, Ragard, Mahasmund + IRELAND: Dublin, Galway + ITALY: Rome + JAPAN + KOREA + KUWAIT + KYRGYZSTAN + MALAWI: Lilongwe + MEXICO: Mexico City + NETHERLANDS: Biddinghuizen & Ospel + NICARAGUA + NIGERIA: Uyo + NORWAY + PANAMA + PERU: Andes, Cusco, Lima + PHILIPPINES + PORTUGAL + PUERTO RICO + ROMANIA: Timisoara + RUSSIA + RWANDA: Kigali + SENEGAL: Dakar + SOUTH AFRICA + SPAIN: Basque Country, Barcelona, Bilbao, Granada, Malaga, Seville, Zaragosa + SWEDEN: Gothenburg + SWITZERLAND: Bern + TAIWAN: Taipei + TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: Arima, Port Spain + TURKEY + URUGUAY + USA: Arizona: Tuscon, California: Los Angeles; Monterey County; Mountain View; San Diego; San Francisco; Santa Clara; Van Nuys, Colorado: Leadville, Florida, Louisiana: New Orleans, Maryland: Takoma Park, Massachusetts: Boston; Lexington; Salem, Minnesota: Moorhead, Missouri: St. Louis, New Mexico, New York: Brooklyn; Bronx, Manhattan, Ohio: North Lewisburg, Oregon: Portland, Pennsylvania: Philadelphia, Texas: Austin, Thurston County, Washington: Seattle + WALES: Gwynedd

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