Letter to the supporters of Mumia Abu-Jamal from the Global Women’s Strike, Women of Colour in GWS and Pay Day Men’s Network.

Dear supporters of Mumia Abu-Jamal,                                                                            Mumia, as he is known to millions, has been fighting for a new trial free of racism.  In December, a petition on Mumia’s behalf will be filed before the US Supreme Court centered on the key issue: that racism kept some Black people off the jury which convicted Mumia. If the…

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Coming to Galway, Photography Exhibition, 12-16th March.

  The Global Women’s Strike invites you to an inspiring exhibition of 30 beautiful colour photos with captions by and about the lives of women participating in the Strike in many countries. Dublin Arts Block, University College Dublin, Mon 5th – Fri 9th March.  Hosts: UCD Students’ Union.   Coming to Galway:  National University of Ireland, Galway…

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WAGES FOR ANYONE IS BAD FOR BUSINESS

By Laura Sullivan, 9 January 20060 Comments3286 ReadsPrin Featured in Mute Vol 1, No. 29 – The Precarious Issue Venezuela’s ‘Bolivarian constitution’ contains a unique article (Article 88) recognising women’s unwaged work as economically productive. Wages For Housework (WFH) has been fighting for this recognition since 1972, and has participated in the annual Global Women’s Strike (GWS) since…

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Why the Irish Constitution Must Recognise Workers In the Home and Pay Equity

By Maggie Ronayne, Ireland Current Affairs Weekly, 2 September 2005 Some say Article 41.2 of the Constitution is sexist and should be abolished.  While it is sexist to refer to work in the home as a woman’s “life” and “duty”, it would be even more sexist to obliterate the only constitutional recognition of unwaged caring work…

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