Call to Action: The 6th Global Women's Strike - 8 March 2005

national | anti-war / imperialism | event notice Thursday January 27, 2005 18:19 by Global Women's Strike Ireland at allwomencount dot net 087 7838688

In over 60 countries round the world

The Strike's theme this year:

End Poverty and War Now! - Invest in Caring Not Killing!
A Living Wage for All our Work and Pay Equity in the Global Market

The Strike's theme this year:

End Poverty and War Now! - Invest in Caring Not Killing!
A Living Wage for All our Work and Pay Equity in the Global Market

Demands of the Strike:

· 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
· Pay equity for all, women & men, in the global market.
· Food security for breastfeeding mothers, paid maternity leave and
maternity breaks. Stop penalizing us for being women.
· Don't pay 'Third World debt'. We owe nothing, they owe us.
· Accessible clean water, healthcare, housing, transport, literacy.
· Non-polluting energy & technology which shortens the hours we work. We
all need cookers, fridges, washing machines, computers, & time off!
· Protection & asylum from all violence & persecution, including by family
members & people in positions of authority.
· Freedom of movement. Capital travels freely, why not people?

More to follow soon - contact us to get involved!

Strike Co-ordination in Ireland:
Maggie Ronayne
Wages for Housework Campaign
Tel 087 7838688
Email: Ireland@allwomencount.net

Global Co-ordination by the International Wages for Housework Campaign
Email: womenstrike8m@server101.com