Men’s support for the Global Women’s Strike 2003 

ENGLAND
In London, the Strike meeting and picket, both weekly, have attracted the interest of many men. As well as attending these events, several men are helping with translation, computer work, videoing, childcare, door-to-door leafleting, and other logistics. Payday has launched a website - Refusing to Kill (www.paydaynet.org) - to publicise statements and stories from war refuseniks and other conscientious objectors. Quite a number of men are expected to participate in the Strike event with the banner “Men join women to say: No war! – Pay us for caring not killing!”

INDIA
Men in the Forum for Fact-finding Documentation and Advocacy are helping to facilitate a workshop for Tribal and Dalit women leaders. Several journalists are writing stories about the Strike and up to 50 messages of support have been received.  

IRELAND
Men are collecting statements including on their refusing military service and are contributing by cooking food for the Strike breakfast, doing childcare and other organising jobs; performing music and reading from anti-war plays and poetry; and by publishing an open letter to the Irish anti-war movement challenging their lack of support for the anti-war efforts of grassroots women, in particular those participating in the Strike. John Arden, distinguished author of the celebrated anti-war play Sgt. Musgrave’s Dance, sent a statement of support and will join the event. 

SPAIN
In Barcelona, men’s support includes photographic coverage of the day-long event.

USA
In Los Angeles, Philadelphia and San Francisco, men are helping with publicity including by getting an article on the Strike into the largest daily Latino newspaper in Los Angeles, fundraising, computer and copying work, videotaping, cooking and other caring and logistical work; getting help with mailings and transport from local unions including a truck for the Strike events. . In Philadelphia, a men’s contingent will march with the banner “Men join women to say: No war! – Pay us for caring not killing!”

Men from 19 countries have written statements of support since the Global Women’s Strike began in 2000, many of whom are keeping in touch. -  Australia, Brittany, Canada, Chiapas, Eritrea, Ghana, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, Québec, Spain, Sri Lanka, Trinidad, Uganda, UK, Uruguay, US.