Actions 2005 - Launch of the Charter - March 8, 2005
Bolivie
El 8 de marzo mientras se lanzaba la "Carta y la Manta" desde el
Brazil, en Tarija realizamos un concurso para elaborar el retazo de
manta y su mensaje que representaría luego en el relevo a
Bolivia. Luego el 16 de marzo la manta desde la Argentina ingresó
por Villazón, donde dos compañeras bolivianas las hicieron llegar a
Tarija, aquí tuvimos un acto muy emotivo donde representantes de la
brigada parlamentaria<br>
y prefectura del departamento recibieron y escucharon la lectura de la "Carta"<br>
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En julio, gracias al apoyo de NOVIB Holanda, pudimos impulsar una gran
movilización uniéndonois al "Llamado de Acción global contra la
pobreza" se conformó una plataforma entre organizaciones de Mujeres y
otras de la<br>
sociedad civil, pudimos influir en las autoridades de Tarija a que
declaren adhesión total a la marcha, ingresamos por las distintas
plazas, habíamos previsto 2.500 bandas blancas, pero la gente que llenó
las calles fueron cerca de 10.000 personas, una radio popular "radio
Tarija" hizo cadena con otras cuatro y difundieron en vivo toda la
movilización. Habían carteles de lo más intensos.<br>
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Albina Mendoza, MMM - Tarija - Bolivia<br>
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Brésil
About 40 000 women participated at the launching of the Women's Global Charter for Humanity in Sao Paulo, on March 8.
More pictures : http://worldmarchofwoman.rg3.net/
Grèce
Les femmes de Grèce mobilisent pour le 8 mars 2005.
Inde
“We have just concluded a very exciting 10 days, March 4 to 12, when the World March Charter was launched in the different states.
Launch of the Charter : In
In Dumka, a district in the state of Jharkhand, the launch of the Charter was announced with the beating of drums by a rape victim and lighting of the candle along with the Superintendent of Police (S.P.), Dumka amidst much jubilation. The participants were Advocates, Lecturers, Eminent Journalists, members of People’s
This launch of Charter was jointly organized by NAWO – WMW & PUCL, Dumka in Jharkhand.
At another launch organized in the state of Madhya Pradesh, the Charter was launched among 250 women from the neighboring villages, by beating drums and lighting a candle (diya) on March 11th. The launch was attended by State officials, representatives of Human Resource Development (H.R.D.) Ministry at District level and the Municipal Corporation. There were representatives of Rural Development Wing of the University, Members of various women organizations, and people’s organizations at the State level. The victims of rape, molestation, and domestic violence handed over their case studies to the concerned government officials present at the program. The government officials studied each case and gave their recommendations.
Yet, in another state, the launch was announced on March 12 by the blowing of conch shell and applying color on each other. About 150 women from women’s organizations & people’s organizations focused on the issue of liquor demanding prohibition of liquor sale in their villages. The women had a dialogue with the Collector on the need to impose a ban on the sale of liquor. The women opposed the presence of liquor shops in their villages.
Launch of the Charter in Bilaspur District, Chhattisgarh State.
In the different states where the Charter was launched, women were honoured for their struggles for justice and for setting an example to other women in similar situations.
At almost every launch, the women and government officials present took a pledge to end violence against women and create a
March and Public Meeting organized by Society of Women in Action for Total Empowerment – SWATE, Women Movement Against Poverty and Violence – T.N- Women MAPOVI-T.N, World March Women – WMW
1. Introduction
SWATE and Women MAPOVI TN see
2. Women’s Global Charter for Humanity
We translated the Women’s Global Charter for Humanity into Tamil and circulated to 422 NGO’s, women groups, federations, organizations, movements and women activists in Tamil Nadu on
3. International Women’s Day March and public meeting
Around 4500 women of SWATE and Women MAPOVI TN took a big march on International Women’s day, which was flagged off and started by Prof. Saraswathi, Human Rights writer and activist.
4. International participation
A team of six Belgians from 11.11.11., a Belgian Umbrella organization, who are members of WMW –
During the march women kept waving blue ribbons, as a mark of being in empathy with the Tsunami affected people and for protecting the environment, insisted the Governments to adopt the values mentioned in the Women’s Global Charter for Humanity, in their programs and policies. The March was very powerful and expressive.
5. Release of Women’s Global Charter for Humanity
Ms. Griet Dobbelaere, Member of World March Women,
Women endorsing the Global Charter with thumb prints
As an act of signing the charter, women who participated in the March and Public meet put their thumb impression / handprints in different colors on a large white cloth, displayed in the exhibition with the thrust of the charter written on it. Sixty women who gathered from five different organizations who participated in the human chain formed during 1 hour, at
Launching of Women’s Global Charter for Humanity was done by Ms.Leelavathi - Pengal Porattha Khuzhu. She spoke on issues related and faced by the Tsunami victims followed by sharing from women affected in the Tsunami.
Josephine explained the livelihood rights of women and explained the women’s demands through this charter on humanity and explained the core values of the charter as equality, freedom, solidarity, peace and justice.
Japon
Lancement de la Charte mondiale des femmes le 8 mars 2005 au Japon.
Launching the Women's Global Charter for Humanity in Japan, March 8, 2005.
Lanzamiento de la Carta Mundial de las Mujeres para la Humanidad, 8 de marzo de 2005, Japón.
Jordanie
The celebration took place under the patronage of the Mayor of Amman at the City Hall at
Media coverage was excellent. Jordan TV broadcasted the March 8th event at prime time News. Different Radio stations kept interviewing several women to talk about the event. The press covered the event with photos. Local press spoke about the
Leila Hamarneh, AWO, Amman, Jordan
Liban
Women from each region will bring a puzzle piece to
Luxembourg
Népal
We had launched WMW charter on women's' day of this year among member
organizations of this National Indigenous Women Federation (Niwf-Nepal)
and also developed a quilt. On October 17 we are planing to make a trek
to Indigenous village and disseminate the WMW charter among more
women. Thank you.<br>
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Rampyari Sunuwar (General Secretary)<br>
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Nouvelle-Calédonie
Le 8 mars, la journée mondiale de la femme a été organisée sur le territoire avec la participation de différentes associations de femmes, de représentants institutionnels et de la ligue des droits de l'homme. C'était l'occasion pour nous d'organiser le lancement de la Charte à travers la Nouvelle Calédonie en sollicitant la participation des communes.
Nous souhaitons susciter la participation des femmes à l'élaboration d'un cahier de propositions sur les thèmes énoncés par la charte et qui sera soumis par la suite aux dirigeants du pays.
Tout au long de l'année, nous aurons des émissions de radio sur différentes thématiques concernant les femmes.
Nicaragua
Pérou
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MANTA NACIONAL realizada de pedazos proveniendo de las regiones del pais quien participaron a un concurso : |
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Philippines
"We had a grand celebration to commemorate 100 years of Women's Actions in the
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the afternoon, Kilos Kabaro 2 staged a big celebration in a venue
called Bantayog ng mga Bayani (Monument for Heroes & Heroines)
which was participated in by almost 2,000 women coming from
various sectors and organizations. There was a long piece of cloth at
the registration area which had the WMW logo and the five goals of the
charter. People signed on the cloth as they came in as a way of
showing support to these goals. A big WMW flag was also
visible in front of the stage and Dr. Sylvia Esrada-Claudio (Guy)
mentioned the WMW in her welcoming remarks.
The program had simultaneous interactive discussions / activities during the first hour and a half on
issues like poverty, lack of social services, fundamentalism, etc. Then
for the next four hours or so, we had poetry reading, dancing, singing
and awarding of grassroots organizers."
Jing Geaga, World March of Women
Portugal
“We made a launch of the Charter in the center of the capital, during three hours, in the afternoon. We prepared a file for the press with all the information available on the Charter, the actions of 2005, the World March, the March in
Almerinda Bento, Portuguese coordination
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Québec
Les femmes du Québec tiendront des actions locales, régionales et nationales pour le lancement de la Charte au Québec et le dévoilement des cinq revendications nationales. Des activités nationales pour le lancement sont prévues à Montréal et à Québec. Le 8 mars marque le début des actions de la Marche mondiale en 2005 et de la campagne de pression politique pour obtenir leurs revendications.
Un tract de mobilisation pour le lancement à Montréal est disponible à http://www.ffq.qc.ca/actions/marche2005/Tract_bilingue_8_mars.pdf
Rwanda
Launching at the national level and in 12
provinces on
« A delegation of three members of PRO-FEMMES / TWESE
HAMWE went to Goma in DRC to
celebrate March 8th with the women of DRC,
The charter is being
translated into Kinyarwanda to facilitate its popularization and to sensitize the
population to it.
The charter is diffused in French and English to the member associations and will
be diffused to the rural population after its translation. The new charter will
be put on our Web site. It has been distributed in a press conference with the
media. The charter was expounded during several television shows preparing the event
of
A meeting is being planned with
associations to rule on the Rwandan symbol to be put in the quilt and to
organize the relay.
500 desktop calendars were
printed and distributed with a monthly message in French and in English taken
from the World Charter of the Women for the Humanity and the pictures of the
fifth meeting of the women illustrate these calendars. 1500 wall calendars were
also produced and diffused at the national level and at the regional level (
A team of Rwandan women going
to New York for Beijing+10 brought calendars reflecting the pictures of the
women having participated in the fifth meeting as well as the five values of
the world charter of the women.
Happy women’s day to all women in the world. »
For PRO-FEMMES / TWESE HAMWE, Suzanne RUBONEKA
Turquie
In spite of the police violence which repressed several groups of
women expressing on March 8, the women of the World March carried out a
peaceful walk. Here, of the women demonstrating in Ankara, the capital.