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.
Join us at Extinction Rebellion events!
Dear Friends, We are taking part in the Extinction Rebellion (XR) Movement of Movements this week and next week. Here are some of the events we are involved in organising. The events are mostly outside and some called at short notice so please follow social media or check XRs website as sometimes events and timings…
Event: Mexico Mothers of Disappeared & Haiti Insurrection
Dear Friends, Please note the meeting on Sat 5 Oct is at 4pm (not 2pm).The Transformative Power of Mexico’s Movement of Mothers of the Disappeared With Laura Carlsen and a special news report Another Haitian Revolution? Margaret Prescod reporting from Haiti Saturday 5 October 2019, 4pm Crossroads Women’s Centre 25 Wolsey Mews, Kentish Town, London…
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…
Join 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…
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!
Women 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…
Mothers’ 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-…
Statement: 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…
Video: Defending our children & our world
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