International
Women's Day
8 MARCH 1998
Nationwide and International
Activities
National Capital Region | |||
Theme: "Kababaihan, Labanan ang Imperyalistang Atake sa Kabuhayan at Tumitinding Karahasan Laban sa Kababaihan" | |||
12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m., Welcome, Rotonda to Mendiola | march rally of around 3,000 women led by GABRIELA | ||
Davao City | |||
Theme: "Ipagpatuloy ang Sentenaryong Rebolusyon, Labanan ang Imperyalistang Globalisasyon" | |||
1:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Magsaysay Park to Rizal Park | historical cultural march rally of around 3,000 women led by GABRIELA Davao. March rally will include a float carrying a tableau depicting effects of colonization and imperialist globalization on women | ||
Cebu City | |||
Street march rally | |||
1:00 p.m. from Fuente Osmena to Colon to Juan Luna junction | around 500 women led by GABRIELA Cebu and Bayan Cebu | ||
Bacolod City | |||
GABRIELA-Negros will lead a street march rally | |||
Rally of women will have 3 stop overs for short programs in the three major routes of the city. | |||
Iloilo City | |||
GABRIELA-Panay will lead a march cultural rally | |||
Rally of 350-500 women will stop over in major establishments in Iloilo City. Marchers will be carrying an effigy of a Filipino woman hanged by the US-Ramos policies and imperialist globalization. A cultural program will start at around 3:00 p.m. at the Iloilo Rotary Amphitheater. | |||
Cagayan de Oro City | |||
GABRIELA-Cagayan de Oro will lead Women's march rally to... | |||
Gaston Park to the Roman Catholic Cathedral to Divisoria to Xavier University to Velez Street. Ecumenical service and cultural presentations will be held at the McArthur Park. A prostituted woman and violence against women (VAW) survivor will be among the speakers. | |||
Tagbilaran City | |||
Theme: Effects of Imperialist Globalization on Women | |||
3:00 to 5:00 p.m. main program at the Plaza, Rizal, Tagbilaran Capitol | a cultural march rally of around 500 women led by Women's Development Center (member organization of GABRIELA Alliance of Women) | ||
New York City, New York, USA | |||
GABRIELA Network New York "Speak Out" | |||
1:00 - 8:00p.m. - Davis Auditorium, Columbia University in New York City | 250-300 participants from various organizations and individuals will take the microphone for a no-holds-barred airing of women's issues, complaints, insights, etc. | ||
Los Angeles, California, USA | |||
GABRIELA Network Los Angeles primer | |||
printed a primer on March 8 and mailed it and some were distributed in the communities | |||
San Francisco, USA | |||
Theme: "Celebrating Women's Courage, Resistance and Strength!" | |||
March 7, 5:30 p.m., 18th and Church Sts., San Francisco | GABRIELA Network Bay Area (San Francisco) will hold a torchlight march and ritual | ||
The action is for all the women political prisoners in US and around the world, the campesinas in chiapas, to the women fighting trafficking and all women in history who have dared to fight for freedom and liberation. | |||
Melbourne, Australia | |||
Theme: "Women Unite for Justice and Native Title" | |||
1:00 p.m., GPO City Centre to Flagstaff Gardens | GABRIELA Australia will join the International Women's Day march |
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Melbourne, Australia | |||
Theme: "Centennial, Sovereignty and Philippine Mining" | |||
4:00p.m. at a church in Footstray | GABRIELA Australia will celebrate 2nd anniversary | ||
Japan | |||
GABRIELA Network Japan | |||
will also celebrate the International women's Day emphasizing the most inspiring popular (oppressed) women's struggles in the Philippines and other women in the Third World countries. | |||
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | |||
Women from the Philippine Women Center in Vancouver, B.C., have organized video showing | |||
March 14, 7:00 pm, at the Kalayaan Centre in Powell Street, Vancouver, B.C. | Films to be shown are "Brown Women, Blond babies", "Modern Heroes, Modern Slave" and "Kababaihan:Filipina Portrait". Discussions will follow after the film showing |
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