[antiwar-van] *** International Women's Day 2008 "Women Unite Against War & Poverty!" ***

[Kira Koshelanyk]

* Please Forward Widely *

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>> INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2008 <<
WOMEN OF THE WORLD UNITE AGAINST WAR & POVERTY!
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Women Marching for…
~ An End to All Violence Against Women
~ Housing
~ Universal Childcare
~ Pay Equity
~ Rights for Indigenous Women
~ Rights for Women Migrant Workers
~ Freedom, Equality and Social Justice

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~*~ SATURDAY March 8th ~*~

>> MARCH
Starting at the Women’s Monument at Thornton Park
(1166 Main Street at Terminal Avenue) 
11:00am

>> RALLY
Victory Square (Hastings at Cambie)
12:00pm

>> INFO FAIR
BCIT Downtown Campus (555 Seymour Street)
1:00pm – 4:00pm
Refreshments provided!

>> EVENING CELEBRATION
Trout Lake Community Center (3350 Victoria Drive)
7:00pm
Music, poetry, dancing and more!
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Since the early 1900’s, International Women’s Day has
been a day to celebrate the gains that our sisters
before us have fought for, and to continue this legacy
through the ongoing struggle for rights, equality and
justice of women around the world. As women from the
Middle East, to Africa, to Europe, to South America,
to here in North America know, we are on a long road
with many battles behind us and many ahead of us. This
is a day to recognize the all the marches, rallies,
pickets, strikes, demands and ideas of the past that
have put the women of today in a better position to
fight for a world in which our daughters of tomorrow
will live with dignity, respect, rights and equality. 

In Vancouver, the International Women’s Day Committee
(IWD) has put forward the theme that has
characterized the struggle that women face globally
today. This is the crisis of war and poverty, which
historically and today targets women to suffer the
most. Where women face war and poverty, in place of
the struggle for women’s rights, women are forced to
struggle just to survive.

On March 8th, in Vancouver and around the world women
will unite against the injustice of war and poverty,
so that we can march for a better life for all women. 


* Events are wheelchair accessible
* Sign language translation provided
* Open for anyone who supports women to attend!

International Women's Day (IWD) Organizing Committee
iwdvancouver@ gmail.com | 604-780-7604

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