Global Women’s Strike
Green New Deal For Europe – A Care Income (Excerpts)
Download the report here. The Green New Deal for Europe is the first attempt at a political response to climate change that is on the same scale as the problem itself, and it recognizes that any response to the climate and sustainability crisis must necessarily also deal with the austerity and economic short-sightedness that currently…
Read MoreJoin Extinction Rebellion breastfeeding action 9 Oct
Dear Friends, We invite you to take part in the Nurse-in on Wednesday 9 October 10.30-11.30 organised by Extinction Rebellion (XR) as part of the October XR Movement of Movements. Mothers are meeting at the QEII Centre, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, SW1P 3EE and move to a nearby location for the Nurse-in. Please join us if…
Read MorePhotos from #ClimateStrike today!
Migrant Justice bloc @ Climate Strike
We’ll be on the Migrant Justice bloc @ Climate Strike this Fri 20 Sept – join us from 11-3pm – Millbank, London SW!
Read MoreWomen say: reorient benefits to support us and recognise care work
Here is our submission to the Labour Policy Forum about benefits and employment, done jointly with WinVisible – women with visible and invisible disabilities . Anyone can make a submission, as an individual or organisation, as a Labour Party member or guest. The consultation ends tomorrow 30 June. https://www.policyforum.labour.org.uk/commissions Labour policy review – Work, pensions and…
Read MoreMothers’ Climate March, Sunday 12 May, 12 noon Hyde Park Corner – join us
We’re joining the Mothers’ Climate March because: Rural mothers risk their lives to defensed lands/forests/waters from agribusinesss/mega-dams/mining/fracking which are driving much of global heating. Mothers are at the forefront of a global peasant movement which is taking on industrial agriculture to provide healthy food for all and re-green and cool the planet! Breastfeeding is discouraged-…
Read MoreStatement: End Discrimination: Respect Human Rights And Restore Shamina Begum’s UK Nationality
END DISCRIMINATION: RESPECT HUMAN RIGHTS AND RESTORE SHAMINA BEGUM’S UK NATIONALITY For clarification and/or further information, kindly contact Charles Hector (+60192371100 easytocall@gmail.com), Selma James ( +44 20 7482 2496, gws@globalwomenstrike.net ) and/or Nina Lopez ( +44 20 7482 2496, law@allwomencount.net ) Kindly report on this statement, OR alternatively cause it to be published in your…
Read MoreVideo: Defending our children & our world
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Read MoreNew Zealand: Women of Colour condemn Mosque Shootings
Dear friends, We have updated our statement (sent 16 March). Great if you can send it round your networks with Facebook event for the Vigil tonight, which we have been invited to co-host and speak at. We will be meeting 5.30pm onwards outside News Corp, 1 London Bridge St, London. See map Hope to see…
Read MoreWomen of Colour GWS: International Women’s Day statement – 8 March 2019
As we celebrate, we also struggle and re-energise all our campaigns for justice. The hostile environment has caused such deep suffering, and whipped up racism against communities of colour, and therefore all of us. A damning Parliamentary report (6 March 2019) lays out how the Home Office is continuing the brutal treatment of Windrush survivors and…
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