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April 2002 - Actions to Revolutionize the World

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Actions to Revolutionize the World

Contents
By way of introduction
Marching On for Bread and Roses
Demands
Actions to Revolutionize the World
How We Said It: Building Solidarity
Snapshots of Home and Elsewhere
2001: A March-to Be Continued?
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A Global Women's Speakout

On March 8, 2000, the World March of Women was officially launched around the planet. Women in the Americas, Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Arab world, and Indigenous women explained why they were embarking on this formidable adventure.

In the streets of numerous cities, women demonstrated their support for the launch. Behind all the festive marches featuring giant puppets, carnival masks and multicoloured costumes, the serious work was beginning.

Women's messages

They adopted platforms for their national demands, held training sessions and prepared national actions.

There were various actions leading right up until October 17, 2000, the date chosen for the world actions, coinciding with the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.

They joined demonstrations to mark events like International Labour Day on May 1, the International Day for Women's Health, in Latin America, Pan-African Women's Day on July 31, and World Rural Women's Day on October 15. Women led national marches and rallies in 50 countries.

During this period women were also busy gathering signatures in support of their demands which were then presented to national decision-makers-an activity at times beset by difficulties. In Turkey, women were arrested on two occasions as they attempted to mail support cards.

Women expressed themselves in a multitude of forms: theatre, dance, song, poetry, a variety of public speaking events, whistling, wailing, banging utensils on empty pots, clapping, slogans, interviews with the media.

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    The March in numbers

 
In April 1998, there were 275 participating groups from 54 countries and territories.
 
In 2000, the figure had risen to 6000 groups from 161 countries and territories. Of the 161 countries and territories, 114 had a national coordinating body.
Among the actions staged, the following were recorded: roughly 50 national marches; 11 provincial rallies; 5 regional meetings and marches; and countless participants in national actions, workshops, conferences, local rallies, etc.
 
Just under 60 coordinating bodies drew up a platform of national demands; there were also 5 regional platforms.
Approximately 14 of them created March Web sites.
 
 
The March collected 5,084,546 signatures in support of its demands.

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