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The Women's Global Charter for Humanity in Jerusalem
Montréal, August 4, 2005 – The 13th International Conference of Women in Black will receive the Relay of the Women's Global Charter for Humanity in Jerusalem. A workshop on Women, Violence and Occupation will be held. The event is co-organized by Palestinian and Israeli women together with the World March of Women. A number of women from the World March will attend the international event, to be held from August 12 to 16, along with 600 women peace activists.
Adopted on December 10, 2004, in Kigali, Rwanda, the Women's Global Charter for Humanity contains five values: freedom, equality, solidarity, justice and peace. Peace, a core value for so many women, was highlighted during the Relay, especially in Colombia; in Cyprus, where Greek and Turkish Cypriot women from the World March staged a joint action; in Japan, where women showed their opposition to the country’s remilitarization.
Arab women are calling for peace in their region as the Relay passes through Lebanon(July 31-August 2), Tunisia (August 3 and 4) and Jordan (August 5-9). After Jerusalem, the Relay goes to Sudan (September 4-9) and on to the region of the Great Lakes of Africa (September 11-17).
The World Relay of the Charter began on March 8, 2005, in São Paulo,
Brazil. It has travelled the Americas, Europe and Asia. It will end on October
17, 2005, in Burkina Faso. Throughout the Relay, the women of the World March
have called government officials’ and the general public’s attention to the
contents of the Charter. They have also made quilt squares depicting the values
in the Charter. Sewn together, the squares form a giant patchwork quilt that
will be presented in Ouagadougou on October 17, at a call for world peace.
Also on October 17, women in successive time zones
will stage an action at noon, following the course of the sun, thereby carrying
out 24 hours of feminist solidarity.
To read about and see photos of the World Relay and
the patchwork quilt, visit our News section on this Web site.
Press contact: Brigitte Verdière, Montréal
(Québec), Canada: 1-514-395-1196,
In Jerusalem: Yvonne Deutsch (Women in Black), 972-2-622-2455
The World March of Women is a global feminist action network made up of 5500 women's groups from 163 countries and territories. The World March of Women is struggling for an end to poverty and violence against women.
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