The events from this weekend have been bizarre, last night we saw the images from the Palestine and Pakistan, this is a hope that you are safe, and that this madness comes to an end soon
To update on some activities/groups in Guyana, Mothers in Black - a group of mothers/aunts and other relatives of children who have been killed in road accidents, the group stands outside the parliament buildings every Friday, for over a year. The group has also got involved in other issues, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Red Thread Women's Development Group - [EMAIL PROTECTED], one new initiative would be to spearhead the local Wages for Housework / Global Women's Strike campaign. There are some other Guyanese groups listed in a directory which is available from http://www.sdnp.org.gy/hands . Yours Vidya PS Monday, about 15 women protested the 'war' outside the US embassy in Georgetown -- **************************************************** Manager, Information and Database Networking Sustainable Development Networking Programme- Guyana http://www.sdnp.org.gy Tel: (592-)22-75723 , 2276198 Fax: 226-2942 This is GainsNet, the mailing list of the UN-INSTRAW-GAINS Network Members. To reply to the GainsNet group, click on "reply all" To reply to an individual, click on "reply" To unsubscribe from GainsNet, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line