"MR JAVIER BERNAL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >STOP NATO: NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.HOME-PAGE.ORG > > >------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- >Date sent: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 00:25:41 -0800 >From: "Peace Praxis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: MARCH 8--INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY! > >MARCH 8--INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY >A TRIBUTE TO WOMEN, AND A CALL TO END INJUSTICE AND >INEQUALITIES > >March 8, 2000, International Women's Day, will be a date to remember >in the history of the women's movement worldwide: the launching of a >planetary solidarity movement involving marches and actions reflecting >women's determination to shake up the powers that be. On March 8th, >women >everywhere will be launching the "World March of Women in the Year 2000" >and publicising the demands for concrete change to combat poverty and >violence against women. > >This dream of the Federation des femmes du Quebec is now becoming a >reality. So far, over 3600 participating groups in 146 countries are >currently involved in this unprecedented project. Already, 75 national >coordinating bodies have been set up to develop and adopt women's national >demands, plan actions and facilitate coordination of the many groups that >continue to join forces. > >Press conferences will be held in the following cities: Amman, Beirut, >Buenos Aires, Brussels, Cairo, Calcutta, Dhaka, Geneva, Kigali, Lagos, >Lima, Lisbon, Managua, Maputo, Montreal, Mexico, New Delhi, New York, >Ouagadougou, Ouidah, Rabat, Santiago, Seoul, Tokyo, Vancouver and >Washington, and in several others. > >A press conference will be held on Wednesday morning, March 8th, in >Montreal to announce the official launch of the March. There will be >satellite links with Geneva and New York. > >Here are some examples of the diverse activities from around the world >scheduled for March 8: > >a. Peruvian women are organizing a canto a la vida that will include >workshops, debates and theatre; > >b. In Brazil, the Carnaval de Rio will be the setting of the launch of the >World March; > >c. In India, women's groups are organizing rallies, composing songs, >creating street theatre and testimonies on the theme of poverty and >violence against women; > >d. Moroccan women are preparing a cultural festival where many artists >will participate in the start of the signature campaign; > >e. In Bolivia, the March will be launched with a "Ch'alla," a >spiritual ritual of the indigenous peoples of the Andes; > >f. In Switzerland, a press conference is scheduled in Geneva, followed by >a march leading up to the offices of the WTO; > >g. Indigenous women plan to launch the World March in Panama during >their third continental conference; > >h. In Romania, the March launch will take place in Lasi; > >i. French women want to hold a demonstration at the Place des >Droits de l'Homme and rename it the Place des Droits de la Femme et de >l'Homme (the Rights of Women and Men Square); > >j. In Haiti, the media will broadcast songs composed to Merengue >rhythms during the month of February and in the streets of the capital >during the three carnival days with the goal of raising the awareness of >the population regarding the March demands; > >k. Nepalese women are organizing a march in Kathmandu that will >include floats followed by a contingent of women marching hand in >hand, dressed in rainbow colours of the silhouettes in the World March >logo; > >l. Mozambican women will be marching through the streets of Maputo >from the Organisation of Mozambican Women's Square to the Peace Square >where they will hold a press conference; > >m. In the Philippines, community assemblies, multisectoral forums, an >evening torchlight parade and a cultural program will surely incite women >to action; > >n. From March 1-8, Pakistani women will be presenting dramas in >different communities on women's issues; > >o. In Thailand, the launch will feature a march, a seminar and an >exhibit on women and social change; > >p. Women from the Fiji Islands will launch their March activities by >playing drums and conch shells (huge seashells) and dancing; > >q. Zambian women are organizing marches and televised debates. > >A signature is also a commitment. Starting on March 8, millions of >women and men will sign their names in support of the demands of the >World March of Women in the Year 2000. These signatures signify >individual and collective commitments to end poverty and violence >against women. During the Montreal press conference, special guests >have been invited to launch the signature campaign by signing the >support cards. On October 17, 2000 a group of women will be delivering the >millions of signatures and support cards in front of the UN. > >World March of Women in the Year 2000 >Marche des femmes de l'an 2000 >Federation des femmes du Quebec >110 rue Ste-Therese, #307 >Montreal, Quebec >Canada H2Y 1E6 >Tel.: (1) 514-395-1196=20 >Fax: (1) 514-395-1224 >E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Web Site: www.ffq.qc.ca/marche2000 > >See Commitment 5 of the World Summit for Social Development in the 10 >Commitments for a focus on Gender (www.globalsolidarity.npaid.org). If >you would like to strengthen the Gender focus on the Coalition for Global >Solidarity and Social Development's web-site, please send us your articles >and links, and let us know about what is being done in your countries and >regions for Copenhagen +5 (Geneva 2000) and Beijing +5! > > > > >------------- >"All the lands, >in their diversity, are one, >and men are all >neighbours and brothers" > >al-Zubaidi, tutor >of the andalusi Caliph >al-Hakam II > > >______________________________________________________________________ >To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Advertisement: >redtag.com offers UNBELIEVABLE prices on a wide variety of brand >names. Get a boys or girls MURRAY 20" bike for only $29.99! Compare >as high as $99. To receive 10% off any purchase TODAY go to >http://www.lisbot.com/links/redtag2 > __________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. 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