Global Women’s Strike
Movement of Family Caregivers say NO to Trump/Vance Proposal for Families
If the Trump administration and Congress really want to increase the financial wellbeing of mothers and children, they should pass the American Family Act, which has all the components of the expanded Child Tax Credit, restore and increase funding for SNAP and Medicaid and not mandate work to receive benefits. They should pass Rep Gwen Moore’s (D-WI-4) Worker Relief and Credit Reform Act, which counts caregiving as work for the Earned Income Tax Credit. And they should establish a care income that adequately reflects the economic value of the work of all mothers and other family caregivers, rather than use public policy to push a patriarchal agenda that glorifies “traditional families” by punishing single mothers.
Read MoreStatement on loss of Rev. Annie Chambers
We are devastated that our dear sister, welfare rights and civil rights icon, Baltimore-based Rev. Annie Chambers, passed away on July 2, 2026.
Read MoreSIGN Roadmap to Eliminate Poverty – includes UNIVERSAL CARE INCOME
Dear sisters and friends, For the past year we, and many others, have been working with the UN Rapporteur on Poverty and Human Rights on the Roadmap for Eradicating Poverty Beyond Growth. As you know we have been campaigning for over 50 years for wages for housework, reformulated as a care income. The proposals in the…
Read MoreA proposal for the Special UN Rapporteur on poverty – A care income for all caring work for people and planet
A PROPOSAL FOR THE SPECIAL UN RAPPORTEUR ON POVERTYrelating to all five areas but most especially to social protections, labour andthe care economy, the climate and global solidarity – 30 March 2025 (updated April 26) https://www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for-input/2025/call-submissions-roadmap-eradicating-poverty-beyond-growth A care income for all caring work for people and planet 1. Increased recognition for caring work In…
Read MoreSat 28 Mar – Join the TOGETHER March against the fascists
Dear friends We’ll be going on the “TOGETHER MARCH” this coming Saturday, joining the Palestine bloc from 12noon on Exhibition Rd (Hyde Park end). Look out for the Global Women’s Strike and Women of Colour GWS banners. We’re joining thousands of people outraged by Reform, Tommy Robinson’s followers, pro-genocide Zionists, Trump’s war mongers, and others…
Read MoreWebinar: STOP the rape & torture of Palestinian women, children & men
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Read MoreMaggie Ronayne, GWS Ireland at International Women’s Day march, Belfast in the North of Ireland
Maggie Ronayne from the Global Women’s Strike in Ireland speaking out against war, genocide and military spending and for a care income at the IWD march and rally, Belfast in the North of Ireland on 7th March 2026.
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An attack on trans women is an attack on women
An attack on trans people is an attack on women We reject all attacks on trans people. They have led to over 5,000 murders globally since 2008 (when the Trans Murder Monitoring was set up) at the hands of violent men – 94% of the victims were women, 93% women of colour, 46% of those…
Read MoreGuaranteed Care Income San Francisco
Guaranteed Care Income San Francisco The research findings of the Guaranteed Care Income San Francisco (GCISF) pilot were made public November 12, 2025 on the steps of City Hall in San Francisco. The event had a strong turnout, including lots of press (see below). There was Spanish interpretation for the event and it opened with…
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