The 4th Global Women's Strike
A call to action for 8 March 2003



Women say No War
Invest in Caring Not KillinG

 Thursday, 3/6
    Guest at People for Peace and Justice of Utah Peace vigil,(Federal Building in Salt Lake City, 5-7 p.m.) Katrina Abarcar from the World Bank Bonds Boycott Organization

Friday, 3/7
    7 pm Presentation on the COEEF (Children of Ethiopia Education Fund) followed by evening address with guest Katrina Abarcar, followed by the film "Two Trevors Go To Washington". Orson Spencer Hall, U of U Refreshments served 

Saturday, 3/8
   Teach-in with Katrina Abarcar, 10-12 Orson Spencer Hall

Women's Day Festival/Fair from 1-5 featuring:

ORSON SPENCER HALL AUDITORIUM

1:00 - Belly Dance Presentation
1:30 - Speakers and Poetry Reading
2:00 - Anke Summerhill
2:30 - Speakers and Poetry Reading
3:00 - Badapple
3:30 - Poet Readings by Loa Niumeitolu
4:00 - Trace Wiren
4:30 - Speaker: Lily Havey

~ Radical Cheerleading entertainment between acts!

Film Schedule - Room 202

  • 10:00am Women and War Women's personal experiences of military violence, survived, and growing resistance to war
  • 11:00am Approach of Dawn Maya women, whose lives were shattered by Guatemala’s 36-year civil war, are now involved in the human rights struggle.
  • 12:00pm Rites of Passage When young girls become of age in developing countries, they often encounter lives of exploitation and, at times, early death. UNICEF.
  • 12:35pm The Right to Choose Reports on the dissonant voices arguing for change in local cultures and the calls for reproductive health care and primary education for women.
  • 1:05pm Women's Place Three parts from a work created for the UN Beijing Conference on Women views an anti-liquor campaign, a women's health project, and domestic violence.
  • 1:45pm Sweating for a T shirt UCLA freshman Arlen Benjamin journeys to Honduras to investigate practices of the sweatshop industry in the maquilas of Western clothing companies.
  • 2:15pm Making their way Studies problems of working women worldwide, including prejudices, job opportunities, and equal treatment.
  • 2:50pm From Sunup Examines the roles of rural Tanzanian women, the pillars of their families, as they struggle to feed, clothe, and house themselves and their children.
  • 3:25pm Sisters and Daughters Betrayed Documentary about trafficking of woman around the world (Nepal, Philippines, Thailand…) and its effects on individual girls and society.
  • 4:00pm Mormon "Erotica" A local filmmaker presents his humorous look at the symbols of Zion with voice-over interviews relating to the role of women in the LDS church.
  • 4:15pm Polygamy and Me A local filmmaker presents her film about her own experience in polygamous relationships.
  • 4:45pm A Skirt Full of Butterflies In the Zapotec community cultural pride is paramount, women run the economy, "fat is beautiful," and female ancestors displayed spunk in war and politics.
~ Local artisans displaying and selling their crafts
~ Local community organizations tabling.

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Payment for all caring work -- in wages, pensions, land and other resources.  What is more valuable than raising children and caring for others?  Invest in life and welfare, not military budgets and prisons! 

SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS
People for Peace and Justice of Utah, University of Utah Amnesty International,
University of Utah Student Labor Action Party
Blue Sky Institute, Ragtown Local of the Green Party of Utah,
South Salt Lake County Local of the Green Party of Utah
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