<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Saturday, 6 March 2010</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">A posting, and information / news, that I’m
sure that you’d all like to know about !<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>51 countries !<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Congratulations, all of you at the World March of Women ! All power to you !</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>JS</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">fwd</span></p><div><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="4" color="#000000" style="font: 14.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Helvetica">Alessandra Ceregatti - MMM <<a href="mailto:alessandra@marchemondiale.org">alessandra@marchemondiale.org</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="4" color="#000000" style="font: 14.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Helvetica">March 6 2010 7:24:22 am GMT+05:30</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="4" color="#000000" style="font: 14.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Helvetica">Info MMM <<a href="mailto:info@marchemondiale.org">info@marchemondiale.org</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="4" color="#000000" style="font: 14.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Helvetica"><b>EN: World March of Women activists take to the streets in 51<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>countries</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </div><div class="gmail_quote">Dear friends,<br><br>We are starting in this weekend already in some countries the first moment of our World March of Women Third International Action. We will be on the streets in 51 countries! We are sending attached the press release and I ask you all to help to spread in your websites and among your email lists and media contacts (attached in English, Spanish, French and Portuguese). All the info is also available in our website <a href="http://www.wmw2010.info/" target="_blank">www.wmw2010.info.</a> I also would like to inform you that we have the following additional audiovisual materials: <br> <br> <b>1. 7 min video:</b> "Women on the March until we are al Free!" (for now available only in Spanish) in: <br><p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="color: rgb(64, 49, 82);" lang="ES">Mujeres en la Minga - <a href="http://www.movimientos.org/mujeres/" target="_blank">http://www.movimientos.org/mujeres/</a> </span></font></p><p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="color: rgb(64, 49, 82);" lang="EN-US">WSFTV.net - <a href="http://www.wsftv.net/Members/edorizzi/videos/Mujeres_en_Marcha.mp4/view" target="_blank">http://www.wsftv.net/Members/edorizzi/videos/Mujeres_en_Marcha.mp4/view</a> </span></font></p><p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="color: rgb(64, 49, 82);">Youtube - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXIoAfV6BEM" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXIoAfV6BEM</a> </span></font></p> <br> <b>2. Special report on 8th of March "Voz de los Movimientos" (available only in Spanish in </b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span><a href="http://www.radioteca.net/result.php?id=13030098" target="_blank">http://www.radioteca.net/result.php?id=13030098</a><b>) and audios on the origin of the International Women's Day </b>(in Spanish, English and French) will be available soon in the website Minga Mujeres (<a href="http://www.movimientos.org/mujeres" target="_blank">www.movimientos.org/mujeres</a>)<br> <br> In solidarity and struggle,<br><br>Alessandra Ceregatti<br>WMW - IS<br>=============<br><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;" align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;" lang="EN-GB">From this weekend onwards, World March of Women activists take to the streets in 51 countries</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;" align="center"><i><span lang="EN-GB">Activists in various countries will denounce the situation of women in the world and present their demands with regards to the common good and public services, peace and demilitarisation, women’s economic autonomy and violence against women. They will also celebrate the 100<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the declaration of International Women’s Day.</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">5<sup>th</sup> March 2010</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> – Under the slogan “Women on the March until we are All Free!” the World March of Women will take to the streets in all four corners of the world where the movement is present – Africa, Americas, Asia-Oceania and Europe – in the first key moment of its 3<sup>rd</sup> International Action. According to the WMW International Secretariat, currently based in São Paulo, Brazil, 51 countries have already confirmed that they will be carrying out actions (see table below). In many countries, mobilisations begin this Saturday, the 6th March. And in New Caledonia, the 1<sup>st</sup> WMW action took place on the 27<sup>th</sup> February. But the majority of countries have organised their actions to take place on the 8<sup>th</sup><span> </span>March.<span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">Inaugurating the 3<sup>rd</sup> International Action, there are countries preparing marches and mobilisations during the whole 8<sup>th</sup> to 18<sup>th</sup> March period, or during some days in between, in this way drawing society’s attention to women’s situations and demands for justice. It is the case of <b>Brazil</b>, for example, where around 2,000 women from the WMW will march together during 10 days, from Campinas to the capital of São Paulo state. Or in <b>Pakistan</b>, where rural and urban women will march and will hold decentralised seminars and other activities from the 12<sup>th</sup> to 18<sup>th</sup> in Toba Tek Singh, Gojra, Gujranwala, Shaikhupora, Kasur and Lahore. </span><span lang="EN-US">In <b>Sri Lanka</b>, a march will take place during 2 moments between the cities of Thalahena y Marawila: between the 8<sup>th</sup> and the 11<sup>th</sup>, and between the 15<sup>th</sup> and the 18<sup>th</sup>. </span><span lang="EN-GB">In <b>Mali</b>, decentralised marches will take place in six districts of the capital, Bamako, from the 8<sup>th</sup> to the 15<sup>th</sup> March. These actions will culminate in the carrying out of a march on the 18<sup>th</sup>, in the North of the country, a region in conflict. In <b>Kenya</b>, activities will start on the 8<sup>th</sup> and will finish on the 18<sup>th</sup> and will include marches and cultural events, such as theatrical performances, vigils and visits to communities.<br> <br> </span></p> <table style="border: medium none ; border-collapse: collapse;" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="4" style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 523.85pt;" valign="top" width="698"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;" align="center"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Countries organising activities as part of the WMW’s 3<sup>rd</sup> International Action </span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-style: none solid solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 142.9pt;" valign="top" width="191"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Africa</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.mmm2010.info/countries-fr/afrique/algerie/algerie" target="_blank">Algeria </a></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.mmm2010.info/countries-fr/afrique/burkina-faso/burkina-faso" target="_blank">Burkina Faso</a></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.mmm2010.info/countries-fr/afrique/camerun/cameroun" target="_blank">Cameroon </a></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.mmm2010.info/countries-fr/afrique/republique-centrafricaine/republique-centrafricaine" target="_blank">Central African Republic</a></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.mmm2010.info/countries-fr/afrique/republique-democratique-du-congo/republique-democratique-du-congo" target="_blank">Democratic Republic of Congo</a></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.mmm2010.info/countries/africa/kenya/kenya" target="_blank">Kenya </a></span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.mmm2010.info/countries-fr/afrique/mali/mali" target="_blank">Mali </a></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"> <span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.mmm2010.info/countries/africa/morocco-fr/maroc" target="_blank">Morocco</a></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.mmm2010.info/countries-es/africa/mozambique/mozambique" target="_blank">Mozambique</a></span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.mmm2010.info/countries/africa/sudafrica/south-africa" target="_blank">South Africa </a></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.mmm2010.info/countries/africa/sudan/sudan" target="_blank">Sudan </a></span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"> <span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.mmm2010.info/countries/africa/western-sahara-es/sahara-occidental" target="_blank">Western Sahara</a></span></li></ul><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; "><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 137.5pt;" valign="top" width="183"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Americas</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.mmm2010.info/countries-es/americas/argentina/argentina" target="_blank">Argentina</a></span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.mmm2010.info/countries-es/americas/bolivia/bolivia" target="_blank">Bolivia </a></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.mmm2010.info/countries-es/americas/brasil/brasil" target="_blank">Brazil</a></span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"> <span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.mmm2010.info/countries/americas/canada/canada" target="_blank">Canada </a></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.mmm2010.info/countries-es/americas/chile/chile" target="_blank">Chile</a></span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.mmm2010.info/countries/americas/colombia-es/colombia" target="_blank">Colombia</a></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"> <span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.mmm2010.info/countries-es/americas/cuba/cuba" target="_blank">Cuba</a></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.mmm2010.info/countries-es/americas/ecuador/ecuador" target="_blank">Ecuador</a></span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.mmm2010.info/countries-es/americas/el-salvador/el-salvador" target="_blank">El Salvador</a></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.mmm2010.info/countries-es/americas/guatemala/guatemala" target="_blank">Guatemala </a></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.mmm2010.info/countries-fr/france/haiti/haiti" target="_blank">Haiti</a></span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"> <span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.mmm2010.info/countries-es/americas/honduras/honduras" target="_blank">Honduras</a></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.mmf2010.info/countries/americas/martinica-fr/martinique" target="_blank">Martinique</a></span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.mmm2010.info/countries-es/americas/mexico/mexico" target="_blank">Mexico </a></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.mmm2010.info/countries-es/americas/peru/peru" target="_blank">Peru </a></span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"> <span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.mmm2010.info/countries-fr/france/quebec/quebec" target="_blank">Quebec </a></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.mmm2010.info/countries/americas/united-states/united-states" target="_blank">United States</a></span></li></ul><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; "><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 126.5pt;" valign="top" width="169"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Asia-Oceania</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.mmm2010.info/countries/asia-oceania/bangladesh/bangladesh" target="_blank">Bangladesh</a></span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.mmm2010.info/countries/asia-oceania/india/india" target="_blank">India</a></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"> <span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.mmm2010.info/countries/asia-oceania/japon/japan" target="_blank">Japan </a></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.mmm2010.info/countries/asia-oceania/nepal/nepal" target="_blank">Nepal </a></span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.mmm2010.info/countries/asia-oceania/nouvelle-caledonie/nouvelle-caledonie" target="_blank">New Caledonia </a></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.mmm2010.info/countries/asia-oceania/pakistan/pakistan-3" target="_blank">Pakistan </a></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.mmm2010.info/countries/asia-oceania/filipinas/philippines" target="_blank">Philippines</a></span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.mmm2010.info/countries/asia-oceania/republic-of-korea/republic-of-korea" target="_blank">Republic of Korea </a></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.mmm2010.info/countries/asia-oceania/sri-lanka/sri-lanka" target="_blank">Sri Lanka </a></span></li></ul><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; "><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 116.95pt;" valign="top" width="156"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Europe</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.mmf2010.info/countries/europe/albania/albania" target="_blank">Albania</a></span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.mmm2010.info/countries/europe/basque-country-fr/pays-basque" target="_blank">Bask Country</a></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.mmm2010.info/countries/europe/belgica/belgium" target="_blank">Belgium </a></span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.mmm2010.info/countries-es/cataluna/cataluna" target="_blank">Catalonia</a></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"> <span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.mmm2010.info/countries/europe/england/england" target="_blank">England</a></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.mmm2010.info/countries-fr/europe/francia/france" target="_blank">France </a></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.mmm2010.info/countries-es/europe/galicia/galicia" target="_blank">Galicia</a></span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.mmm2010.info/countries/europe/grecia/greece" target="_blank">Greece</a></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"> <span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.mmm2010.info/countries/europe/italia/italy" target="_blank">Italy</a></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.mmm2010.info/countries/europe/macedonia/macedonia" target="_blank">Macedonia</a></span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.mmm2010.info/countries/europe/portugal/portugal" target="_blank">Portugal </a></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.mmm2010.info/countries/europe/suiza/switzerland" target="_blank">Switzerland </a></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.mmm2010.info/countries/europe/turquie/turkey" target="_blank">Turkey</a></span></li> </ul><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; "><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div> </td> </tr> </tbody></table><div style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: normal; "><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">How the WMW 3<sup>rd</sup> International Action is organised</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">The 3<sup>rd</sup> International Action is being launched on International Women’s Day (8<sup>th</sup> March), and will continue throughout the year until the 17<sup>th</sup> October (the International Day for the Eradication Poverty). The International Action includes decentralised activities (at the country level) and regional activities (in Asia-Oceania, Europe and the Americas). It also includes an international event, focusing on peace and demilitarisation, the mobilisation in Bukavu (South Kivu province), in the Democratic Republic of Congo, that will bring the International Action to an end. Around 500 women will participate in this mobilisation, the majority from the African continent, but also from other countries in conflict in the world. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">For details of country level actions, visit the website of the 3<sup>rd</sup> International Action: <a href="http://www.wmw2010.info/" target="_blank">http://www.wmw2010.info</a><span> </span></span></p><div style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: normal; "><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">International Women’s Day: In search of lost history<span></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">In this first key moment of the 3<sup>rd</sup> International Action, WMW activists will also highlight the history of International Women’s Day (today commemorated on the 8<sup>th</sup> March) whose true meaning – the struggle for women’s rights and the transformation of society – is lost in the commercialisation that takes place around this day. Traditionally, this history is linked to a strike and / or fire that are supposed to have taken place in a women’s textile factory in New York, either in 1857 or in 1908, but in a deeper research into its origins, a whole period of feminist struggle for economic and workers rights, as well as the right to vote, in the USA and elsewhere is discovered. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">It was in 1910, at the 2nd International Socialist Women’s Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, that Clara Zetkin – German socialist and feminist – proposed the creation of an annual International Women’s Day, following the example of North American socialist women who, since 1908, had been organising a national annual Woman’s Day (to demand economic and political equality for women, to denounce exploitation of women workers, to demand the right to vote, etc). </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">To read more about the history of International Women’s Day, please go to: <a href="http://www.marchemondiale.org/actions/2010action/origen8marzo/en" target="_blank">http://www.marchemondiale.org/actions/2010action/origen8marzo/en</a> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: normal; "><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB">For interviews and further information </span></u></b></p><div style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: normal; "><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">1. Alessandra Ceregatti</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> (World March of Women International Secretariat), for contacts with the WMW International Committee and National Coordinating Bodies in various countries: Tel. +55 11 3032-3243 or +55 11 8316-3664 / Email: <a href="mailto:communication@marchemondiale.org" target="_blank">communication@marchemondiale.org</a>. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">2. World March of Women websites:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> <a href="http://www.wmw2010.info/" target="_blank">www.wmw2010.info</a> and WMW: <a href="http://www.marchemondiale.org/" target="_blank">www.marchemondiale.org</a></span></p><div style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: normal; "><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div> </div> </blockquote></div></body></html>