Subject: [fem-women2000 172] Women's GlobalNet #138 (fwd
From: lalamaziwa <lalamaziwa@jca.apc.org>
Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2000 07:01:41 -0500
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---------------- Original message follows ---------------- From: iwtc <iwtc@iwtc.org> To: iwtc-womensglobalnet@igc.topica.com Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2000 14:14:52 -0800 Subject: Women's GlobalNet #138 -- IWTC Women's GlobalNet #138 Activities and Initiatives of Women Worldwide By Anne S. Walker and Joy Wong March 3, 2000 GLOBAL HAPPENINGS FOR MARCH 8, 2000, THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM! Women worldwide will be celebrating International Women's Day (IWD)on March 8th, by marching, demonstrating, undertaking exhibitions of women's work, and in many cases, lobbying their governments at home and at the UN to implement the actions outlined in the Beijing Platform for Action. In New York, IWD falls in the middle of the final Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) for the UN General Assembly Special Session for Beijing Plus Five. Hundreds of women are here from all world regions, working in caucuses and other work groups in an effort to have input into the final review document to be presented at the Special Session in June. A more detailed report on the conclusions reached at the PrepCom will come later. This issue of Globalnet highlights some of the happenings that we know of that are planned for IWD 2000. To everyone, we send greetings on this special day for women everywhere, and hope that it will be a day of peace, joy and strategizing! 1. United Nations Town Hall Meeting: The theme for IWD 2000 at the UN is peace and conflict resolution , and a "Women Uniting for Peace" panel and discussion will be held at UN headquarters in New York, showcasing innovative conflict resolution strategies of peacemakers in Colombia, Sierra Leone, Angola and Sri Lanka. The event will be held from 10AM to 12PM in Conference Room 4, United Nations, New York, USA. You need a photo ID to attend. Contact the NGO Department of Public Information at (212) 963-7234 for more information about the event. 2. Media Women to Assume Editorship for the Day: UNESCO is calling for media women to assume editorship of major media outlets on March 8th, to draw attention to the thick glass ceiling that continues to exist for women in media. For more information, visit UNESCO's web-site at: http://www.2.unesco.org/webworld/march8/why.shtml . 3. World March of Women: This global campaign is sponsored by more than 3,400 organizations in 146 countries, and will be formally launched on March 8th, 2000 to call attention to poverty issues worldwide and violence against women. It will focus in particular on the case currently before the Organization of American States (OAS) court which aims to hold the United States accountable for economic human rights abuses being caused by downsizing and welfare reform. For more information, please contact World March for Women, headquartered in Montreal, Canada. E-mail: marche2000@ffq.qc.ca. World Wide Web: www.ffq.cc.ca/marche2000/index.html. Tel: (1-514) 395-1196: Fax: (1-514) 395-1224: 4. Global Women's Strike: The International Wages for Housework Campaign, the National Women's Council of Ireland, and the International Women's Count Network, along with over 50 participating countries, are calling for a global women's strike on March 8th, 2000 to make visible women's undervalued contribution to the world's societies and economies. The strike aims to increase awareness of women's work and bargaining power for pay equity, welfare benefits, childcare, etc. For more information, visit their web-site at: http://www. womenstrike8m.server101.com. This web-site also features personal testimonials by women about their workloads and reasons for supporting the strike. 5. Special Television Programmes: The Women's Television Network (WTN) of Canada will be presenting four programmes to celebrate "the First International Women's Day in New Millennium". The programmes include: 1) Women Being, a twelve part series starting Monday, March 6 at 6PM Eastern Standard Time (EST); 2) Heidi Chronicles on Monday, March 6th at 9 PM (EST); 3) The Pill, on March 8th at 9PM (EST) and 4) Women of Islam: The Veil & Fear, on March 9th at 10PM (EST). For more information, call: (1-800) 749-8688 or visit the WTN web-site at: http://www.wtn.ca . IWTC Women's GlobalNet is a production of: International Women's Tribune Centre 777 United Nations Plaza New York, NY 10017, USA Tel: (1-212) 687-8633 Fax: (1-212) 661-2704 Email: <iwtc@igc.org> You can subscribe to this list at any time by sending a blank message to iwtc-womensglobalnet-subscribe@igc.topica.com You can unsubscribe to this list at any time by sending a blank message to iwtc-womensglobalnet-unsubscribe@igc.topica.com SPECIAL NOTE: If you are interested in "cutting-edge" books on women and development, subscribe to Women, Ink.'s Booklink by sending a blank message to wink-booklink-subscribe@igc.topica.com Women, Ink. is a project of the International Women's Tribune Centre (IWTC) _____________________________________________________________ Want to find the best email lists? Check out the Topica 20! http://www.topica.com/topica20