[Ftffacilitationteam] International Women's Day/Journée Internationale de la Femme/Dia Int de la Mujer

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Dom Mar 8 15:10:11 GMT+2 2009 

 
Dear friends,
Happy International Women's Day!  Thanks to all those who have helped us 
launch this IWD e-mobilization. Please  stay engaged during these 20 Days and 
remain active. 
 
On the ground here in New York, we've  been busy with the FTF/ENLACE Women's 
Organizing around the Financial Crisis,  the Interactive Expert Panel on the 
Gender Perspectives of the Fin. Crisis, in  which Sylvia Borren was scheduled 
to provide a statement (she and 5 other NGOs  were not granted time to 
present), and the meeting on Friday of the Women's  Working Group on FfD (update on 
this to follow). Yesterday, Saturday, there was  a meeting of the Gender 
Equality Architecture Reform (GEAR) which we will  feature in the 20 Days e-campaign. 
Next week we will partner with the Women of  Color Policy Network-NYU for 
another event on Trickle-down Economics.  Will  keep you informed.
 
Hope you all have wonderful March 8th  celebrations!
 
Best,
Rosa
 
 

International Women's  Day / Día Internacional de las Mujeres / Dia 
Internacional da Mulher / Journée  Internationale de la Femme / يوم المرأة 
العالمي
                                                       

 
Today,  March 8, we celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD) with pride and 
activism!   
Today  we launch our global e-campaign, “20  Days to G20,† highlighting the 
connections between the feminization of poverty and the global  financial and 
economic crisis. The effects of this crisis impact women more  severely due 
to the large numbers of women in the informal sector, as well as  increased 
family and community tensions which lead to violence against women,  cuts in 
public sector services such as health care and education, decreased  remittances, 
increased migration, among other factors.   
For  the next 20 days, from March 8 to March 28, we will provide DAILY ALERTS 
on how  the financial crisis is impacting women and perpetuating the cycle of 
 poverty. 
We  will call for women to be central to the solutions in addressing the 
financial  crisis and to be part of the decision-making processes.  
We  will highlight various aspects of women’s lives which are impacted by the 
 financial crisis, and are exacerbated by the food, fuel and climate change  
crises. 
Our  “20  Days to G20† e-campaign will culminate on March 28, the beginning 
of the Global  Week of Action on  the G20 (March 28 – April 4), and will feed 
into the global  mobilizations planned around the G20 meeting of governments 
on April 2,  2009.  Check out our IWD Tool Kit  for tools, lists of actions 
and all IWD material (available  in English, Spanish, French, Arabic and 
Portuguese) at  
_http://www.whiteband.org/Action/take-action/gcap-mobilisation-2009/iwd-2009/international-womens-day-2009-march-8th-mobilisation-toolkit/view_ 
(http://www.whiteband.org/Action/take-action/gcap-mobilisation-2009/iwd-2009/inter
national-womens-day-2009-march-8th-mobilisation-toolkit/view) .   
Our  daily ACTION ALERTS will call on YOU to take ACTION during the “20 Days 
to G20† e-campaign.  We will keep the ACTION  ALERTS brief to encourage you 
to: spend your time sending an e-card to  government officials; write an 
opinion piece to your local paper; sign a  petition; join a march, rally or protest; 
get informed on the issues surrounding  the global crises affecting women. 
TODAY'S    A C T I O N   A L E R T: 
--  Celebrate International  Women's Day  with pride and activism! 
-- Download and send the FTF GCAP March 8th e-card to  government officials 
demanding that:  
·          Women  be included in the dialogue and decision-making processes 
of the economic and  financial summits. 
·          Particular  attention be paid to the specific needs of women and 
girls due to  disproportionate hardships during the food, fuel and financial  
crises. 
·          Funding  be made available for gender equality and women’s 
empowerment, particularly for  the eradication of poverty. 
·          A  global response come from the entire international community, 
the G192, not the  G20, G8 or G1.  
Go  to the IWD tool kit for the e-card and other material:  
_http://www.whiteband.org/Action/take-action/gcap-mobilisation-2009/iwd-2009/i
nternational-womens-day-2009-march-8th-mobilisation-toolkit/view_ 
(http://www.whiteband.org/Action/take-action/gcap-mobilisation-2009/iwd-2009/international
-womens-day-2009-march-8th-mobilisation-toolkit/view)  
Check  out the IWD press release: 
_http://www.whiteband.org/Action/take-action/gcap-mobilisation-2009/iwd-2009/international-women2019s-day-march-8th-2009-2
01c20-days-to-go201d-women-call-for-voice-at-g20/_ 
(http://www.whiteband.org/Action/take-action/gcap-mobilisation-2009/iwd-2009/international-women2019s-day
-march-8th-2009-201c20-days-to-go201d-women-call-for-voice-at-g20/)  
For  more information on the G20 meeting, to download the GCAP G20 Policy 
Paper and  Took Kit, or to learn more about mobilizations during the Week of 
Global Action,  go to 
_http://www.whiteband.org/Action/take-action/gcap-mobilisation-2009/g20-2009/g20-summit_ 
(http://www.whiteband.org/Action/take-action/gcap-mobilisation-2009/g20-2009/g20-summit)    
For  more information on the Feminist Task Force or GCAP, go to 
_www.whiteband.org_ (http://www.whiteband.org/)  or write to Ana Agostino,  FTF Coordinator 
(_ana en icae.org.uy_ (mailto:ana en icae.org.uy) ) or  Rosa Lizarde, “20 Days to 
G20†coordinator  (_rosaencasa en aol.com_ (mailto:rosaencasa en aol.com) )  
***please do not reply to  this message*** 
If  you are receiving this notice through a partner organization/network and 
would  like to be added to the Feminist Task Force GCAP listserv, please write 
to Ana  Agostino at (_ana en icae.org.uy_ (mailto:ana en icae.org.uy)  ) 
If you're an  activist who wants to join the GCAP mobilisation in your  
country, find your _local  GCAP National Coalition_ 
(http://www.whiteband.org/blog/archive/2009/03/05/resolveuid/ef03d547434f14a91f0b7de28dabde4b)  contact info.
 
If you're a journalist looking for information or  spokespeople from GCAP and 
International Women's Day, see our _press  release_ 
(http://www.whiteband.org/blog/archive/2009/03/05/resolveuid/f09455325c95dee84050daa595e27dbe)  and 
contact Ciara O'Sullivan (_ciara.osullivan[at]whiteband.org_ 
(mailto:ciara.osullivan[at]whiteband.org) ) 
If you're a GCAP National Coalition planning to mobilise  around 
International Women's Day, download the _mobilisation  toolkit and other materials_ 
(http://www.whiteband.org/blog/archive/2009/03/05/resolveuid/f1bbb42d983a2d58e23788cb
114c9a6b)  and send information about your mobilisation to  Helena Suarez 
(_helena.suarez[at]whiteband.org_ (mailto:helena.suarez[at]whiteband.org) )  at 
the GCAP Global Secretariat. Make sure to copy in your Regional  Secretariat. 
Feminist  Task Force of the Global Call to Action against Poverty    
"Gender  Equality to End Poverty" 



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