WHERE DID THE IDEA OF A WOMENS WORLD MARCH CAME FROM?
The idea to hold a world march of women in the year 2000 was born out of the experience of the Women’s March Against Poverty. The World March was a global project with more than 5,000 groups participating in 157 countries. Hundreds of Canadian women’s organizations, social justice, church, student and labour groups were among them. The objectives of the World March are to end poverty and violence in women’s lives and a concrete set of demands. WHAT ARE THE THIRTEEN DEMANDS? • Demand 1: Women and Health: With a large budget surplus, the federal government can and must restore funding to health care and enforce the rules against the privatization of our health care system, beginning with Alberta. • Demand 2: Women and Housing: The federal government must spend an additional 1% of the budget on social housing. • Demand 3: Women and Childcare: The federal government must set up the promised national child care fund, starting with an immediate contribution of $2 billion. • Demand 4: Women a
