on-line Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Loop: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Precedence: bulk Dear friends, The conclusion of the World March of Women and the delivery of signatures to the United Nations in New York on October 17th is rapidly approaching. =46or more details about the campaign, please see the message below. The national coordinating committee would like to remind supporters of the importance of signing and getting others to sign the support cards in support of the World March Demands. In Australia, please forward the cards to: 6 Lancaster Avenue, REDCLIFFE Queensland 4020 by next Wednesday 27th September. We need to freight them to New York on that day. Signatures are also being collected on-line at the World March Web Site. At the moment, we have 2 million signatures worldwide but 10 million is our target. Clearly in this last month of the campaign, we need to generate a vast chain of signatures! To do that, your help is needed. As a gesture of solidarity with the women in 157 countries around the world now involved in the World March of Women campaign, can you please: * sign on-line if you haven't already signed a card? * forward this message to your friends and networks? many thanks and all the best, Cathy Picone national coordinating committee World March of Women 2000 - Australia The World March of Women is an ambitious project involving more than 5,200 groups in 157 countries who are united in activities of popular education and mobilisation for political demands. The World March of Women is calling on the United Nations and its member states to adopt concrete measures to eliminate violence against women and poverty. On October 16th, 2000, a delegation of women from every world region will meet with the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, Horst K=F6hler, and the president of the World Bank, James Wolfensohn. On October 17th, during an international rally in New York, the international delegation will meet with UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan. At this time, they will present him with signatures gathered from around the world in support of the world demands of the March of Women. The goal of the signature campaign is to gather over 10 million signatures worldwide. Your signature is important and can contribute to creating a more just and egalitarian world. You can sign the support card at this address: http://www.ffq.qc.ca/marche2000/en/carte.php3 Please send this message to all your friends and acquaintances. You can find out all about the World March of Women, from its organisational structure to the demands, by visiting our Web site at: http://www.ffq.qc.ca/marche2000 Join with the millions of women and men who are marching to change the world= ! WORLD MARCH OF WOMEN IN THE YEAR 2000 MARCHE MONDIALE DES FEMMES EN L'AN 2000 MARCHA MUNDIAL DE LAS MUJERES EN EL A=D1O 2000 =46=E9d=E9ration des femmes du Qu=E9bec 110, Ste-Th=E9r=E8se, #307 Montr=E9al (Qu=E9bec) Canada H2Y 1E6 TEL: 1 (514) 395-1196 =46AX: 1 (514) 395-1224 Email:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.ffq.qc.ca/marche2000> -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archived at http://www.cat.org.au/lists/leftlink/ Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
