GLOBAL WOMEN’S STRIKE
Friday 8 March 2002
International Women's Day

Central event in London:
Invest in Caring Not Killing: Whistle-Stop Tour and "Cacerolazo" to Sweep Out the Global Killers (Shell, Ministry of Defence, Institute of Directors, World Bank). Giant puppets, drummers, dancing and chanting. Bring your brooms, pots and pans to bang. Wheelchair users, kids and buggies, cyclists...all welcome

Assemble: 12noon, Shell Centre, York Rd, Waterloo
Starting: 12.30pm
Ending: 3pm, World Bank, Haymarket, Piccadilly

12noon -1pm: Women of different faiths will bear witness at the Ministry of Defence

Women will strike for a world which values all women’s work & every life – Invest in caring not killing!

We will strike to end “America’s new war” and all wars, and globalisation – end no pay, low pay and too much work worldwide.

So far, women are making Strike plans in Argentina, Austria, Bolivia, Brazil, Britain, Belarus, Canada, Colombia, Congo, Ireland, Italy, France, Ghana, Guyana, Mexico, New Zeeland, Nigeria, Peru, Poland, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland, Tanzania, Uganda and the United States. Visit our website and go to News from around the World, for more details.

Women (and men who support us) are invited to join actions wherever you are. See our website for what you can do and to read more about the Strike and our demands, and to read striking statements from women of different sectors. You can also read statements from men who support the Strike and download leaflets.  http://womenstrike8m.server101.com

This year’s Strike leaflet is available in English, Spanish, Catalan, French, Shona, Farsi, Portuguese, Japanese, Russian, Urdu, Croatian, Albanian, Hindi, Greek, Italian, Turkish, German, Dutch and Swedish and the translations are on our website. If you can help with any translating, please get in touch!

Contact us!
Crossroads Women's Centre,
PO Box 287, London NW6 5QU
Tel: 0207 482 2496 minicom/voice
Fax: 0207 209 4761
E-mail:  womenstrike8m@server101.com