Global Women’s Strike
Thailand: SPFT wins landmark verdict against the assassination attempt of one of its members
The Global Women’s Strike (GWS) and Women of Colour GWS welcome the guilty verdict against Somphon Chimrueng for the attempted assassination of Mr. Dam On-muang, a land rights defender from the Southern Peasant Federation of Thailand (SPFT). This federation of collective farming communities has fought long and hard for justice and for an end to…
Read MoreThailand court verdict on attempted assassination of SPFT land rights defender Dam Onmuang, 26 Aug
Dear Friends, Tomorrow, the Wiang Sa Provincial Court in Thailand will read the verdict on the accused of the attempted assassination of Dam Onmuang, member of the Southern Peasant Federation of Thailand (SPFT) and a land rights defender. He is the sixth land rights defender who has been a victim of assassination attempts, four…
Read MoreUrgent appeal: Haiti Struck by 7.2 magnitude Earthquake
Dear friends, Haiti urgently needs our practical solidarity following another devastating earthquake – so far the death toll is over 1,300 people. Donations are crucial to support and save lives after the earthquake and in the face of imminent storm Grace. Please see the appeal below from Haiti Emergency Relief Fund haitiemergencyrelief.org with whom we…
Read MorePress statement: Mothers and others welcome the re-introduction of Worker Relief & Credit Reform Act
Date: Friday July 23, 2021From: Care Income Now!/US (CIN!)*, coordinated by Global Women Strike and Women of Color/GWS careincomenow@globalwomenstrike.net Unpaid family caregivers are workers! Mothers and others welcome the re-introduction of the Worker Relief & Credit Reform Act making unpaid caregivers and students eligible for the Earned Income Tax Credit. Today, as US Congresswoman Gwen…
Read MoreStatement: Why women oppose the Police, Crime, Sentencing & Courts Bill. By Women Against Rape and Women of Colour in GWS
We have been organising for decades for protection and justice from a pandemic of sexual and domestic violence against women and children, reinforced by policies of austerity that target us, undermining our financial independence and therefore our safety. Survivors of rape and domestic violence have come forward, nationally and internationally, reporting an epidemic of sexual…
Read MoreWomen and mothers of South Peasants Federation Thailand have said what a Care Income would mean to them as people who care for the family, the community, and the land.
A Care Income would mean: Economic liberation .. it would mean being independent from the men Now I have to manage to provide for everything on a tiny amount of money. Every single day I have to spend a lot of time thinking and planning how to manage. If I have a care income I…
Read MoreIndian Farmers & Central Trade Unions protest 26 June
Dear Friends, Please see: · Mailing below from Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research · Shadipur · New Delhi 110008 India. https://thetricontinental.org/ · Press release from the National Platform of Central Trade Unions “The CTUs to observe June 26th across the Nation In solidarity with Samyukta Kisan Morcha as a “Save Agriculture-Save Democracy” Day” · Kisan…
Read MoreUnpaid Caregivers Participate in Child Tax Credit Awareness Day, and Press Policy Makers to Make the Child Tax Credit Permanent and Pay It to the Primary Caretaker
ISSUED BY: Care Income Now/US careincomenow@globalwomenstrike.net Care Income Now/US is participating in the Monday, June 21 Child Tax Credit (CTC) Awareness Day. Our multi-racial urban and rural network is releasing a letter calling on President Biden, Vice President Harris, elected officials, and the Treasury Department to make the credits a permanent child benefit payable by…
Read MorePress: ‘Juneteenth’ is our Freedom Day.
Today we will celebrate the anniversary of our emancipation from slavery by joining the Poor People’s Campaign Digital GatheringPress: ‘Juneteenth’ is our Freedom Day. JUNE 19 commemorates the date — Freedom Day — in 1865 when black people in Texas finally heard the Emancipation Proclamation issued two years earlier, which officially ended slavery in the…
Read MoreBurma/Myanmar: Urgent Appeal for Donations
Dear sisters and friends, Burma/Myanmar: Urgent Appeal for Donations We are writing to ask you to support this appeal for money from the Karen Women’s Organisation (KWO) in Burma/Myanmar where people are risking their lives to oppose a military coup, which overthrew their democratically elected government. The military has killed more than 850 people and…
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