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<H1 class=documentFirstHeading align=left><FONT size=2>Dear friends,</FONT></H1>
<DIV class=documentFirstHeading align=left>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. </DIV>
<DIV class=documentFirstHeading align=left> </DIV>
<DIV class=documentFirstHeading align=left>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.</DIV>
<DIV class=documentFirstHeading align=left> </DIV>
<DIV class=documentFirstHeading align=left>Hope you all have wonderful March 8th
celebrations!</DIV>
<DIV class=documentFirstHeading align=left> </DIV>
<DIV class=documentFirstHeading align=left>Best,</DIV>
<DIV class=documentFirstHeading align=left>Rosa</DIV>
<DIV class=documentFirstHeading align=left> </DIV>
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<H1 class=documentFirstHeading align=center><FONT size=2></FONT> </H1>
<H1 class=documentFirstHeading align=center><FONT size=2>International Women's
Day / Día Internacional de las Mujeres / Dia Internacional da Mulher / Journée
Internationale de la Femme / يوم المرأة العالمي</FONT></H1>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Today,
March 8, we celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD) with pride and activism!
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Today
we launch our global e-campaign, “</SPAN><SPAN
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Days to G20</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">,”
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. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">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.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">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. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">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.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Our
“</SPAN><SPAN
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Days to G20</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">”
e-campaign will culminate on March 28, the beginning of the </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #548dd4; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themetint: 153">Global
Week of Action </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">on
the <SPAN
style="COLOR: #548dd4; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themetint: 153">G20</SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"> (March 28 – April 4), and will feed into the global
mobilizations planned around the G20 meeting of governments on April 2,
2009.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Check out our IWD Tool Kit
for tools, lists of actions and all IWD material </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">(<I>available
in English, Spanish, French, Arabic and Portuguese) </I></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">at
<A
title=http://www.whiteband.org/Action/take-action/gcap-mobilisation-2009/iwd-2009/international-womens-day-2009-march-8th-mobilisation-toolkit/view
href="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/international-womens-day-2009-march-8th-mobilisation-toolkit/view</A>.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Our
daily ACTION ALERTS will call on YOU to take ACTION during the “20 Days to G20”
e-campaign.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>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.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><FONT
face=Calibri><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri">TODAY'S
A C T I O N A L E R T:</SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri"><FONT
face=Calibri> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><FONT
size=3><FONT face=Calibri><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">--
Celebrate International <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Women's Day
with pride and activism!</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri"><FONT
face=Calibri> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT
size=3><FONT face=Calibri>-- Download and send the FTF GCAP March 8th e-card to
government officials demanding that: <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p><FONT
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=Bulleted
style="MARGIN: 3pt 0in 0pt 17.85pt; TEXT-INDENT: -17.85pt; tab-stops: .5in"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Women
be included in the dialogue and decision-making processes of the economic and
financial summits.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=Bulleted
style="MARGIN: 3pt 0in 0pt 17.85pt; TEXT-INDENT: -17.85pt; tab-stops: .5in"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Particular
attention be paid to the specific needs of women and girls due to
disproportionate hardships during the food, fuel and financial
crises.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=Bulleted
style="MARGIN: 3pt 0in 0pt 17.85pt; TEXT-INDENT: -17.85pt; tab-stops: .5in"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Funding
be made available for gender equality and women’s empowerment, particularly for
the eradication of poverty.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=Bulleted
style="MARGIN: 3pt 0in 0pt 17.85pt; TEXT-INDENT: -17.85pt; tab-stops: .5in"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">A
global response come from the entire international community, the G192, not the
G20, G8 or G1. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><o:p><FONT
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Go
to the IWD tool kit for the e-card and other material: <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><A
title=http://www.whiteband.org/Action/take-action/gcap-mobilisation-2009/iwd-2009/international-womens-day-2009-march-8th-mobilisation-toolkit/view
href="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/international-womens-day-2009-march-8th-mobilisation-toolkit/view</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Check
out the IWD press release: <A
title=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/
href="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/">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/</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">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 <A
title=http://www.whiteband.org/Action/take-action/gcap-mobilisation-2009/g20-2009/g20-summit
href="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</A>
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">For
more information on the Feminist Task Force or GCAP, go to <A
title=http://www.whiteband.org/
href="http://www.whiteband.org/">www.whiteband.org</A> or write to Ana Agostino,
FTF Coordinator (<A title=mailto:ana@icae.org.uy
href="mailto:ana@icae.org.uy"><FONT color=#0000ff>ana@icae.org.uy</FONT></A>) or
Rosa Lizarde, “20 Days to G20” coordinator <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(<A title=mailto:rosaencasa@aol.com
href="mailto:rosaencasa@aol.com"><FONT
color=#0000ff>rosaencasa@aol.com</FONT></A>) ***please do not reply to
this message***</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">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 (<A title=mailto:ana@icae.org.uy href="mailto:ana@icae.org.uy"><FONT
color=#0000ff>ana@icae.org.uy</FONT></A> )<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt">If you're an
<STRONG>activist</STRONG> who wants to join the GCAP mobilisation in your
country, find your <A
title=http://www.whiteband.org/blog/archive/2009/03/05/resolveuid/ef03d547434f14a91f0b7de28dabde4b
href="http://www.whiteband.org/blog/archive/2009/03/05/resolveuid/ef03d547434f14a91f0b7de28dabde4b">local
GCAP National Coalition</A> contact info.</P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P>If you're a <STRONG>journalist</STRONG> looking for information or
spokespeople from GCAP and International Women's Day, see our <A
title=http://www.whiteband.org/blog/archive/2009/03/05/resolveuid/f09455325c95dee84050daa595e27dbe
href="http://www.whiteband.org/blog/archive/2009/03/05/resolveuid/f09455325c95dee84050daa595e27dbe">press
release</A> and contact Ciara O'Sullivan (<SPAN class=link-mailto><A
title=mailto:ciara.osullivan[at]whiteband.org
href="mailto:ciara.osullivan[at]whiteband.org">ciara.osullivan[at]whiteband.org</A></SPAN>)</P>
<P>If you're a <STRONG>GCAP National Coalition</STRONG> planning to mobilise
around International Women's Day, download the <A
title=http://www.whiteband.org/blog/archive/2009/03/05/resolveuid/f1bbb42d983a2d58e23788cb114c9a6b
href="http://www.whiteband.org/blog/archive/2009/03/05/resolveuid/f1bbb42d983a2d58e23788cb114c9a6b">mobilisation
toolkit and other materials</A> and send information about your mobilisation to
Helena Suarez (<SPAN class=link-mailto><A
title=mailto:helena.suarez[at]whiteband.org
href="mailto:helena.suarez[at]whiteband.org">helena.suarez[at]whiteband.org</A></SPAN>)
at the GCAP Global Secretariat. Make sure to copy in your Regional
Secretariat.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt"><STRONG>Feminist
Task Force of the Global Call to Action against Poverty
</STRONG></SPAN></I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt"><STRONG>"Gender
Equality to End Poverty"</STRONG></SPAN></I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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