The Global Women’s Strike has evolved into a worldwide protest with myriad (a very large number) demandsOn the first day of the UN Decade for Women in 1975,the women of Iceland took the day off to demonstrate the importance of all their work, waged and unwaged, and in the countryside and the city. nearly all women who were physically able came out of their homes,offices and factories, and even female television presenters were replaced on the screen by men holding children. Some 90% of women took part. They called it a day off but we at the International Wages for Housework Campaign called it a strike, and took as our slogan their placard which said: “When women conclude,everything stops.”Iceland was not international but it was of international significance. What moved them to strike had to be moving in the souls of women everywhere: the question was: when would it manifest itself?Today, the plan of women massively withdrawing labour, and waged and unwaged,is not a reality yet Related: Wear red, down tools and buy local for International Women's Day Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com