The
World March of Women
kicked off March
8th and will continue until mid-October. OPSEU is part of the pan-Canadian
organizing committee. We are also working with our coalition partners to
organize activities in here in Ontario.
Buses will take to the highway from several points in Ontario for Ottawa and
New York to mark the culmination of world march activities this Fall. A major
rally in Ottawa is planned for Sunday October 15; one in New York at the United
Nations is slated for October 17.
For details on transportation to Ottawa for Region 5 members, click
here.
For details on tranportation to Ottawa
and New York for Region 3 Members, click here.
For details on transportation to Ottawa
from the Waterloo Region, click here
For details on transportation to Ottawa
from Kingston, click here
Meanwhile, women around the world are forging ahead with World March
activities and demands for an end to poverty and violence against women.
Approximately 10,000 people marched in Paris, France in mid-June. This event
was organized by a coalition of more than 200 groups. They are also planning
a large European rally to cap World March organizing, to be held in Brussels
October 14. In addition, a Pan-African Women’s Day event was held July 31,
with demonstrations and marches in Mali, Congo and Cameroon.
Anyone wishing to share photos from March activities may post them to the
photo gallery at the world march web site. The address, where you may also
pick up photos for your publications, is http://www.ffq.qc.ca/marche2000/photos/index.html.
For more information:
Canadian
Women's March Committee
up-to-date
info from the Canadian organizing committee, including specifics of the October
15,16 and 17 events.
http://www.canada.marchofwomen.org/en/index.html
Canadian Labour
Congress
http://www.clc-ctc.ca/campaigns/womensmarch/index.html
World March of Women 2000
http://www.ffq.qc.ca/marche2000/en/index.html
Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL)
www.ofl-fto.on.ca
Here are the dates:
| March |
29 |
Oshawa |
|
29 |
Cambridge |
|
30 |
Brantford |
| April |
4 |
Windsor |
|
5 |
Sarnia |
|
6 |
Kingston |
|
6 |
London |
|
11 |
Sault Ste.Marie |
|
12 |
Brampton |
|
13 |
Peterborough |
|
15 |
Toronto |
|
17 |
Cornwall |
|
18 |
Sudbury |
|
19 |
Belleville |
To register, call Sylvia Stewart at the OFL
1-800-668-9138. Workshop fee
is $15.
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