Global Women's Strike
Global Women’s Strike is an international multiracial network campaigning for recognition and payment for all caring work for people and planet - a Care Income. It is co-ordinated by the International Wages for Housework Campaign and was launched by Selma James in 1972.
Tues 20 May – International actions for Haiti. Reparations NOW! London French Consulate
Urgent International Actions for Haiti! Tuesday 20 May 2025 Restitution & Reparations Now! No More US-Made Weapons to Haiti Right to Asylum for Haitian Refugees London protest: 12.30-1.30pm French Consulate 21 Cromwell Rd, London SW7 2EN South Kensington tube The protest for Haiti at the French Consulate in London will be live streamed…
Queer Strike – From our archive*: lesbian visibility in the 70s
On lesbian visibility day, let’s remember Maureen Colquhoun. Ms Colquhoun was the Labour MP for Northampton North from 1974-1979, a time when there were only about 30 women in Parliament. In 1977 she was outed (with her life partner Babs Todd) as a lesbian by the tabloid press and accused among other things of having…
Queer Strike Italy book tour 13-18 April
Dear friends, We are delighted to let you know that a book of Wages Due Lesbians’ archive materials (mainly from the 1970’s/80’s) has been published in Italy by Asterisco Edizioni publishers SALARIO ALLE LESBICHE L’esperienza di Wages Due Lesbians/Queer Strike. It has an introduction from Queer Strike and from the editor Olivia Fiorilli. We are…
Mothers Manifesto Regional Mothers’ Day hunger strikes
GWS will be supporting the Mothers’ Manifesto Regional Mothers’ Day 24hr hunger strikes starting on Sat 29 March. From Mothers Manifesto: Mothers Manifesto are holding one day regional hunger strikes over Mothers Day weekend across the UK. Do join us and please share with friends 💗🙌 We are calling for legislative change to ensure the…
Wed 19 March: Stefania Barca, Book Club “Workers of the Earth” 6pm. Zoom Link
Stefania Barca’s talk with London Mining Network will be on-line via zoom (see link below). It will be a hybrid format so you can also take part in person, by joining on zoom at Crossroads Women’s Centre. All welcome. This exciting book includes a chapter on WFH’s organising against “nuclear housework” and the UK’s nuclear…
Visit Wages For Housework & English Collective of Prostitutes in major exhibition ‘Hard Graft: Work, Health and Rights’
Wages for Housework Campaign & English Collective of Prostitutes in major exhibition Dear Friends, As part of International Women’s Week celebrations, we’re planning a group visit to see ‘Hard Graft: Work, Health and Rights’ at the Wellcome Collection (183 Euston Road London NW1 2BE) on Sunday 9 March at 1pm. If you would like to join us,…
Book Launch: Wages for Housework – The Story of a Movement, an Idea, a Promise.
A fascinating new book by Emily Callaci about the history of the International Wages for Housework Campaign is being launched in the UK next week (US launch to follow). Wages for Housework The Story of a Movement, an Idea, a Promise features WFH founder Selma James (who turns 95 this year), co-ordinates the Global Women’s…
Ann Snitow Prize Ceremony honoring Margaret Prescod, Tuesday 10 December
Margaret Prescod, Women of Color/Global Women’s Strike and co-coordinator of Global Women’s Strike in the US, is being honored with the Ann Snitow Prize next Tuesday, December 10. Please join us in celebrating this important acknowledgement and hear more from Margaret, by registering for the award ceremony starting at 3pm US Pacific / 4pm Mountain / 5pm Central / 6pm Eastern / 11pm UK.
Event: London Mining Network on Just Transition
We are speaking at this conference, Saturday 30 November 2.45pm, Bernie Grant Centre, Tottenham N15 4RX. Women are central to a Just Transition, resisting mining, corporate greed, and the state/military interests that back them. GWS will talk about what we’ve learned working with women in farming and mining communities in Thailand, and in India.
Thailand letter – Urgent Observation Request: Protection of WHRDs and Children at P-Move Peaceful Assembly
Dear Excellency, I hope this email finds you well. On October 14th, 2024, Protection International and P-Move organized a seminar at the P-Move protest site titled “From Global Forums to the Hearts of the Poor: Thailand’s Role in Human Rights and Justice,” following Thailand’s recent election to the UN Human Rights Council. The seminar aimed…