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World March of Women. Women’s Global Charter for Humanity and World Actions 2003-2006. THE WOMEN’S GLOBAL CHARTER FOR HUMANITY. formulate alternative proposals based on the 17 world demands of the March proclamation of universal principles
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World March of Women Women’s Global Charter for Humanity and World Actions 2003-2006
THE WOMEN’S GLOBAL CHARTER FOR HUMANITY • formulate alternative proposals • based on the 17 world demands of the March • proclamation of universal principles • describe the social model we want, our feminist utopia • guide us in designing our action strategies.
To whom is it addressed?: • women of the world and their organizations • civil society • social movements • institutions (local, national, regional and international) To be used during the various actions and popular education activities of the WMW
THE PROCESS OF DRAFTING THE CHARTER • International Charter Sub-Committee (I.S.C.) • WMW National Coordinating Bodies (N.C.)
September-December 2003: • ISC : writing of the first draft • NC : send in inspiring writing material (in the form of poetry, charters, manifestos, historical or current-day texts, etc.) and comments on the General Outline of the Charter’s Content (for November 3)
January-May 2004: • the first draft of the Charter is sent out (February) • NCs : organize grassroots contributions, debates and discussion on the first draft (February-June) June-August 2004: • ISC : finishes 2nd version of the Charter based on comments and contributions received
September-December 2004: • final draft in sent to NCs (September) • NC : Discussions and reactions to the final draft and send sending amendment suggestions to ISC • December 2004 : Adoption of the Charter at the 5th international meeting of the WMW in Rwanda
GENERAL OUTLINE OF THE CHARTER’S CONTENT (this is only a working proposal as of September 2003, it will be modified) 5 main themes:
WORLD ACTIONS 2005+ World Relayof the Charter • Launch March 8, 2005 • Charter (and a world map) begin their world tour : • stopping in 50 focal points (3-4 days per country) • itinerary : beginning in Brazil, continuing through the Americas, Asia and Oceania, the Middle East, Europe and Africa • End of Relay on October 17, 2005 in Africa
Relay Marches (national, regional...) • organization of relay marches between March 8 and October 17 (ideally coinciding with the Charter’s arrival) Global Patchwork Solidarity Quilt • March 8, 2005: popular education activities based on the Charter • expressing our vision for another world/our feminist utopia creatively on pieces of material (to make a global patchwork solidarity quilt)
Global Patchwork Solidarity Quilt (cont’d…) • October 17 2005: use of the quilt at the action in Africa • November 2005-2006+: 5 global quilts will tour the different world regions (to be seen and used by women during various actions)
Arrival of the Charter and Solidarity Quilt • action by an international delegation in Africa on October 17, 2005 24 Hours of Solidarity and Actions • October 17, 2005 at noon (local time) : • local one-hour long actions, all over the world • beginning in Oceania, following the sun westward (24-hour-long feminist relay action)
ACTION CALENDAR March 8, 2005: • Launch of the Charter in each country • Beginning of the Charter’s World Relay in Brazil • Activities to create patchwork pieces for the quilt March 8-October 17, 2005 : • Relay marches
October 17, 2005 : • International delegation event in Africa and arrival of the Charter and the quilt • 24 Hours of Women’s Global Solidarity Beginning October 18, 2005 and continuing until 2006 at least: • The global patchwork solidarity quilt tours different world regions (five global quilts will be circulated)