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Journal 2006
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INVEST IN CARING NOT KILLING! Women & girls do 2/3 of the world's work, most of it
unwaged. $1 trillion/year is spent on the military worldwide, more
than half by the US. 10% of this would provide the essentials of
life for all: water, sanitation, basic health, nutrition, literacy, and
a minimum income.
The Global Women's Strike network, with national co-ordinations
in 11 countries and participating organisations in
over 60 countries, is
demanding the return of military budgets to the community, beginning with women the
main carers of people and the planet. Women, and men who support our goals, take action
together on 8 March, International Women’s Day, and throughout the year.
In this way each grassroots struggle is backed by our collective power.
Women from different sectors are involved: Women of colour,
Indigenous & rural women, mothers, women in waged work, lesbian &
bisexual women, sex workers, religious activists, women with
disabilities, older & younger women...
Why go on Strike?
Different
women tell their stories
Men
participate in the Strike
Our Demands:
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Payment
for all caring work - in wages, pensions, land & other resources. What is more
valuable than raising children & caring for others? Invest in life & welfare, not
military budgets or prisons
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Pay
equity for all, women & men, in the global market.
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Food security for
breastfeeding mothers, paid maternity leave and maternity breaks.
Stop penalizing us for being
women.
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Don't
pay 'Third World debt'. We owe nothing, they owe us.
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Accessible
clean water, healthcare, housing, transport, literacy.
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Non-polluting
energy & technology which shortens the hours we work. We all need cookers, fridges,
washing machines, computers, & time off!
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Protection
& asylum from all violence & persecution, including by family members & people
in positions of authority.
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Freedom
of movement. Capital travels freely, why not people?
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New!
Journey with the revolution
Meet the midwives, nurses, doctors, housewives,
teachers, gay and disability activists, who are
transforming Venezuela.
DVD PAL/NTSC £8 or £12 solidarity price |
Talking of Power
Sex, race & class in revolutionary
Venezuela
June 2005, 62
mins,
Spanish, or with English subtitles
VHS PAL/NTSC or DVD £7 |
The Bolivarian revolution:
Enter the oil workers!
July 2004, 34mins
Spanish or with English subtitles
VHS PAL/NTSC or DVD
£5 10E $10 |
Global
Women's Strike 2000
a compilation of women's
actions around the world
in English, or with
Spanish subtitles.
30 minutes Price: £6
VHS
PAL/NTSC) or DVD |
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History of the Global Women's Strike
International
Photo exhibition
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Global Women's Strike
– international co-ordination
Crossroads Women's Centre,
PO Box 287, London NW6 5QU, England
Tel: +44 (0)20 7482 2496 minicom/voice
Fax: +44 (0)20 7209 4761
womenstrike8m@server101.com
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Carolyn Ho, mother of first
comissioned army officer to refuse to go to Iraq, on mini speaking tour of the US
East Coast Events
New video!
Journey with the revolution
A resounding victory for President Chávez and
the Bolivarian revolution in Venezuela!
Reports of Strike Actions in other countries:
Canada
Ghana
US:Wisconsin
Archives:
Archived
news of women's' anti-war protests from England, Guyana,
Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Palestine, Spain, USA
Call to Strike - 2006
2005
2004
2003
Journal
2003 (pdf)
2002
Journal 2002
2001
2000
Links:
All
Women Count
Legal Action for Women:
anti-sexist anti-racist
legal service. Recent work includes supporting US death row prisoner Mumia
Abu- Jamal.
Against Rape
Black Women's Rape Action Project & Women Against Rape
Refusing to Kill
- a men's initiative
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