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.

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Latest news

Urgent: Tell Congress, Include Extended CTC in End Of Year Tax Package!

10th November 2023
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Event: Meet the brave Colombian women campaigning against state murders

8th November 2023
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Press release: Wages for Housework film All Work and No Pay at Tate Exhibition Women in Revolt.

7th November 2023
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Statement: To united Families & Friends Campaign (UFFC) against all state violence.

28th October 2023
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Event: Theft from Africa – Workshop for Black History Month.

25th October 2023
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Press Release: Mothers and Other Family Caregivers From Across The US Tell Congress to Value Our Work

22nd October 2023
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Caregiving is Work Congressional Briefing in DC, Tues 24 October

22nd October 2023
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Protest: Stand with the people of Haiti! NOT another invasion.

9th October 2023
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Event: Workshop on Autonomy – women, race & immigration, at the Anarchist Bookfair.

28th September 2023
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“News story of the year” goes to Channel 5’s coverage on disabled mothers: A collaborative project with Support Not Separation and Disabled Mothers Rights Campaign.

14th September 2023
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