17th October: Global Day of Action

They will mobilise in solidarity with the woman and people of the DRC and also the women and peoples of other countries in conflict, while demanding a lasting and active peace for all these countries, as well as an end to the militarisation of our societies, the criminalisation of poverty and of social movements, and violence against women.
We will publically demonstrate the strength of organised women and demand an equal participation of women in the maintenance of peace and in post-conflict reconstruction processes. The economic interests (of the arms industry, of transnational mining and petroleum companies, etc) and geo-political interests (of national and foreign States, armed groups, etc) of conflicts will be also be denounced during these street demonstrations.
The 17th October event was strengthened by other social movements as the day of the struggle against militarization during social forum events, like the one held in June in the United States and the Assembly of Social Movements held in the Americas Social Forum, held  from 11th to 15th August. Several other actions are planned for the week of 7th  to 17th October, covering issues such as decent work, migration, fight against debt and multilateral financial institutions and for climatic justice and food sovereignty, and against false solutions to climatic change.