Global Women’s Strike 2001

On International Women's Day 2000, waged & unwaged women in 64 countries joined the first-ever Global Strike. To "stop the world and change it"! On 8 March 2001, women & girls will strike again to demand that society ‘invests in the enrichment of every life’ rather than for the enrichment of a few.

Demands:

• Payment for all caring work - in wages, pensions, land & other resources.

• Pay equity for all, women & men, in the global market.

• Paid maternity leave, breastfeeding breaks & other benefits

• Abolition of 'Third World debt' which falls heaviest on women & girls.

• Accessible clean water, non-polluting energy & technology

• Accessible healthcare, housing, transport, literacy & information.

• Protection & asylum from all violence & persecution

• Freedom of movement. Capital travels freely, why not people?

Contact: International Wages for Housework Campaign, Crossroads Women’s Centre, 230a Kentish Town Road, London NW5 2AB, 020 7482 2496