[Gcap-mujeres] Happy International Women's Day

[Kumi Naidoo]

Dear Comrades and Friends,
 
This is to wish you all much strength in the important work you do, to make
every day, international women's day.  As Ana said in her message, we need
to make sure that every GCAP mobilisation this year keeps the spirit of the
work being done by the Feminist Task Force and that Gender Equality
continues to becomes central to everything that we try to do jointly as
GCAP.
 
Today, here at the CIVICUS headquarters in Johannesburg, we found that
because National Women's Day in South Africa is on 9 August (When 20 000
women marched to the seat of government in the 1956 to protest against
apartheid) is now a public holiday that is when the big mobilisations
happen. Sadly, our enquiries with local NGOs and women's organisation is
that March 8, is not that high a priority, since we were wanting to
undertake a joint mobilisation.  In the end, CIVICUS staff got together this
morning and made banners and posters that now adorn our building,
commemorating International Women's Day.  
 
Heres hoping that 2007 will see gender equality move towards becoming a norm
rather than an exception in our deeply sexist world.  
 
In solidarity,
 
 
Kumi
 
 
Kumi Naidoo
Secreretary General
CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation
24 Gwigwi Mrwebi Street (former Pim) corner Quinn St., Newtown 2001
Johannesburg, South Africa
Tel: 27 11 833-5959, ext. 104

Fax: 27 11 833-7997
E-mail: naomi en civicus.org

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-----Original Message-----
From: gcap-women-bounces en lists.apcwomen.org
[mailto:gcap-women-bounces en lists.apcwomen.org] On Behalf Of Ana Agostino
Sent: 08 March 2007 15:56
To: GCAP Women
Cc: Rahul Kumar; gcap-mujeres en listas.chasque.net
Subject: [Gcap-women] 8 March/marzo



Dear colleagues, amigas (español abajo)

Happy Women´s Day! Feliz Día Internacional de la Mujer!

And thanks to all of you who contributed with putting together the GCAP
website. As you know, today GCAP is having its first mobilisation day and it
is for the first time that this happens on 8 March! The website is a
reflection of the work of the FTF around the world, and also of the fact
that GCAP is fully incorporating the demand of Gender Equality to End
Poverty as a central one! We hope that this will be reflected in the work
throughout the year. 

You will find information, resources, samples of letters and e-cards that
you can send to your governments, etc. A sample of what you can find in the
site is below. We encourage all of you to visit the link under 8 March and
make use of the available documents. And thanks again to all of you who
shared information about your specific countries and regions, and also to
the colleagues from Oneworld Asia, responsible for the site, who have been
working hard supporting us for this day. Rosa and I have been working very
closely and it really makes a difference! Thanks Rosa!!!

Well, it´s just the beginning of the year, let´s make it one in which our
demand Gender Equality to End Poverty is strong within GCAP and it brings us
closer to the reality we struggle for!

Warm greetings,

Ana

Gracias a todas las que han colaborado para que tengamos hoy tanta
información en torno al 8 de marzo en el sitio web de GCAP. Como saben, hoy
es el primer día de movilización del Llamado Mundial y por primera vez esto
ocurre un 8 de marzo!! El sitio refleja el trabajo del Equipo de Trabajo
Feminista alrededor del mundo y también el hecho de que GCAP ha incorporado
plenamente la demanda por Igualdad de Género para Poner Fin a la Pobreza
como una de sus demandas centrales. Confiamos que esto se refleje en el
trabajo a lo largo de todo el año.

En el sitio van a encontrar información, recursos, ejemplos de cartas y
postales que les pueden enviar a sus gobiernos, etc. Debajo hay una muestra
del material disponible en el sitio (esa carta está en inglés pero hay
varias cosas también en español, inlcuidos logos, formatos de postales,
etc.). Las invitamos a que visiten el sitio y hagan uso de los documentos
disponibles. Y gracias nuevamente a todas las que mandaron información sobre
las actividades en vuestros países y regiones y también a todos los
compañeros de Oneworld Asia, responsables del sitio web, que nos apoyaron
muchísimo para este día. Rosa y yo trabajamos muy cerca, y eso realmente fue
muy bueno. Muchas gracias Rosa!!

Bien, es apenas el comienzo del año, hagamos de este un año en el que
nuestra demanda Igualdad de Género Para Poner Fin a la Pobreza se siente
fuerte dentro de GCAP y nos acerque a la realidad que queremos construir!

Un abrazo,

Ana

 

 

8 March 2007 Sample letter

 

Full title

Address

City, Country

RE: International Women’s Day call to action

Dear (full title: e.g. President; Minister)

I am writing to urge you to take immediate action to protect the rights and
lives of women and girls. Seventy percent of the world's poor and sixty-five
percent of the world's illiterate are women. Of the 1 billion people who
live on less than $1 a day, 70 per cent are women. Women make up 65 percent
of the world’s illiterate. Although women do two thirds of the work in the
world, the rate of paid employment for women is two thirds that of men.
Women hold less than 6 percent of senior management positions in the world. 

These facts highlight how gender discrimination and inequality extends from
education to the workplace and beyond, and how the feminization of poverty
is a reality. 

In spite of increasing wealth indicating growing global economic indicators,
women and children are the ones with the highest numbers of illiteracy, lack
of primary education, school drop outs, maternal and infant mortality,
malnutrition, HIV/AIDS, domestic violence, sexual exploitation and abuse,
and forced pregnancies.

This constant impoverishment can only be overcome with the political will
and commitment of the world’s governments. It can only be overcome by
changing the orientation of public investments, giving priority to social
investments, avoiding corruption, and working together with civil society
organizations, among them the women’s organizations, who work at the country
and regional level for the eradication of poverty and implementation of fair
and just social policies.

It requires the implementation of concrete measures in support of women’s
equality and to put an end to the reproduction of poverty. Therefore, I
write to you today with a message for International Women’s Day:

We demand:

	1. Gender equality to end poverty; 

	2. the promotion of gender equality and women’s rights in all
national policies;

	3. a commitment to gender equity at all government levels;

	4. a commitment to resources for gender equality and women’s
empowerment programs. 

	(Personalize letter here with another demand)

Without the inclusion of gender equality, no development policies can be
accepted. Without the inclusion of gender equality and women’s empowerment,
the Millennium Development Goals will not be achieved by 2015. 

I urge you to take action for women around the world.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Name

address

ICAE
International Council for Adult Education
General Secretariat
18 de Julio 2095 apto. 301
11200 Montevideo - Uruguay
Tel/fax: (598-2) 409 7982
E-mail: ana en icae.org.uy
www.icae.org.uy 


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