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On Wednesday, May 7, the UNA-SF Women's Committee held an exciting meeting where we discussed the possibilities of a Women's Strike, such as that which occurred in Iceland in 1975.
We decided we would have a Women's Strike related event for IWD, March 8, 2016. We will not use the name "Global Women's Strike" since that is already in use by a network out of London, and we realize that an actual one-day strike cannot possibly be organized by March of 2016.
Leading up to our next meeting (in June?) we decided to research and discuss a number of related questions. WC members will be posting their ideas here in the UNA-SF "Women's Committee" subgroup on InterMix.
The questions/topics we will be discussing include, but are not restricted to the following:
1) What name should we use? We want to bring the men in, so it is not clear if we should call it a "Women's Strike"? Should we even use the word "strike" because it might scare people off?
2) The Iceland example - what happened? What can we learn from it?
3) Is it primarily a strike for gender equality? Or are other issues involved?
4) Are we aiming at a global strike?
5) For IWD 2016, are we aiming at a San Francisco event or a Bay Area event or set of events? What kind of event? A mini-strike? A big meeting?
6) Cities for Cedaw (C4C) local organizing can build gender equality and reduce violence against women, and could be a basis for a local to global movement leading to a Strike for Gender Equality.
7) How can the UNA-SF Crosstalk technology be useful here?
8) When and where is our next Women's Committee meeting?
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Let's make it happen!
-- Roger Eaton
UNA-SF Women's Committee Secretary
rogerweaton@gmail.com
