In a global economic crisis, women have most to lose.
In the UK women’s jobs are often the first to go, and their care burden will increase if public services are decimated.
But for women in developing countries, the likely impact of the economic meltdown is much more disastrous. And economic inequalities at the local, national & global level can:
· exacerbate violence against women;
· increase discrimination against women in employment; and
· decrease women’s access to resources
As WOMANKIND’s new report, Who Pays the Price? shows, poor women in developing countries are particularly at risk. WOMANKIND Worldwide is calling on the G20 to ensure that responses to the financial crisis involve women in the solutions — and for governments to comply with their international and domestic obligations to end all discrimination against women.
Click here to download Who Pays the Price?
Women marchers on Saturday may also like to know that there will be a women’s contingent marching behind the slogan PUT PEOPLE FIRST – BUT DON’T PUT WOMEN SECOND. Women are assembling in Embankment Gardens at 10.30 am (near the coffee kiosk) ready to join the march leaving around 12pm.
March 26th, 2009
Put People First
Hey there folks!
It’s only a couple of days until Saturday’s march. The more awareness we can get the better and you can help! So, we’ve got three little requests for you to help us make the march count… Read more…
March 25th, 2009
Put People First
The MegaMouth is a bonafide hero that you control from your desktop or phone!
The MegaMouth wants London to turn out in force for the Put People First rally on 28 March. Every day from 23-28 March, The MegaMouth will be traipsing the streets of London with a megaphone, shouting slogans to get people to come to the G20 Put People First rally… but the best bit is you control what he says!
Simply go to ActionAid’s website, or text ‘SHOUT’ to 80010 (standard network rates – no nasty charges), followed by your suggested slogan. Then, wait for your shout to appear in Megamouth’s video stream! (Do you Tweet? Try replying to @TheMegaMouth for an alternative way to submit a shout!)
March 23rd, 2009
Put People First
WILPF (Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom) is co-ordinating a women’s contingent for the march and asks any woman who wants to march behind the slogan PUT PEOPLE FIRST – BUT DON’T PUT WOMEN SECOND to assemble in Embankment Gardens at 10.30 am (near the coffee kiosk) ready to join the march leaving around 12pm.
Getting ready: Calling any interested women to come to 52-54 Featherstone Street (near Old Street) on Saturday 21st March 1-4pm to prepare placards and banners and meet like minded women.
Why women first? “We need to make both our fellow marchers and decision makers aware that the economic crisis affects women most acutely, after all 70% of the poorest people in the world are women.” said Sheila Triggs from WILPF.
“We need to emphasise that cuts in social and welfare services whether in the UK or in the developing world mean women carry the extra burden as carers. In Africa women produce 60-80% of the food consumption but own hardly any land. They are the hardest hit by climate change, as they cope with pollution, flooding and drought. You only have to look at the D. R. Congo to see how women are most affected by the conflicts that are resulting from the scramble for resources“
March 19th, 2009
Put People First
On Saturday 28 March, 2009, the Put People First demonstration will happen in London to challenge world leaders to put people first at the G20 meeting of world leaders on 2 April in London.
Baby Bloc is an informal and unofficial initiative to create an environment where parents interested in attending the demonstration can come together with their young children. It will be a good day out with like minded parents and lots of children to play together – all a few hundred metres from where the Put People First demonstration will converge in Hyde Park in the early afternoon. Read more…
March 17th, 2009
Put People First
More and more details are being finalised for the march and rally on 28 March.
Our list of coaches planned is growing by the day – check it out for one of the easiest, cheapest and greenest ways to travel to the event. We’ve also got a growing list of local events happening in other parts of the country in the run up to the 28th – maybe there’s something near you. We’ve also got details of a special pre-march church service being organised by some of the Put People First organisations, for the morning of the 28th.
And we’re already looking at a great rally event in Hyde Park at the end of the march. Mauritanian musical legend Daby Toure and comedian and professional troublemaker Mark Thomas have confirmed they’ll be appearing on stage. Keep checking the site for information on more speakers and acts for the rally, as we can confirm them.
March 16th, 2009
Put People First
New out today is Put People First’s policy platform report. It’s our analysis of the job ahead of the G20 leaders, and a 12 point plan that could go a long way towards delivering democratic governance of the economy for jobs, justice and climate. You can download a copy of the report here in Adobe PDF format, but here are our headline recommendations: Read more…
March 13th, 2009
Put People First
The Put People First March gives all of us the chance to protest to the world leaders gathered at the London G20 Summit about the mess the planet is now in. Read more…
March 12th, 2009
Put People First
Visit the CAFOD site to get your own Obama image-making widget
The G20 Summit on the financial crisis will be US President Obama’s first trip to Europe, and everyone is going to want to get a piece of him.
CAFOD have made a nifty little widget to help publicise the Put People First march in London on 28 March, ahead of the summit. Upload your own photo and it will make an image in the style of the iconic poster from the Obama 08 electoral campaign.
Admittedly I’m not sure I look quite as stylish as Obama does in this one, but I guess that’s why I’m never likely to be a President of anything…
Visit CAFOD now to get your own image or widget, and help show President Obama and other world leaders what you expect from them at the London Summit.
March 10th, 2009
Put People First
