South Africa Press Release

The media are asked to publicize the centenary of International 
Women’s Day which is on the 8 March 2010. A hundred years after the 
Call for an International Women’s Day the majority of South African women 
are plagued by high levels of unemployment, poverty, domestic 
violence, lack of access to housing and other services critical to 
their survival. We find ourselves in the midst of multiple crises of 
food, energy and the economy.

On Sunday March 7th 2010 women activists from across Cape Town will 
come together to reflect on the multiple crises facing women in South 
Africa under the banner of the World March of Women (WMW).  We urge 
the media to cover the event:


Date:  Sunday 07 March 2010
Time:  09.00am – 3.30pm
Venue:  SACTWU Hall, 350 Victoria Road, Industria House, Salt River

The World March of Women (WMW) is an international feminist action 
movement connecting grass-roots groups and organisations working to 
eliminate the causes at the root of poverty & violence against women. 
The following organisations have been involved with organising the 
event:  South African Domestic Service & Allied Workers Union 
(SADSAWU); The International Labour Research & Information Group 
(ILRIG); Women on Farms Project (WFP); Triangle Project; Trust for 
Community Outreach & Education (TCOE); Sex Worker Education and 
Advocacy Taskforce (SWEAT); Sakhulwazi; Women in Action (Mitchells 
Plain); Alternative Information & Development Centre (AIDC); Labour 
Research Services (LRS).

For more information for comment contact:

Myrtle Witbooi :            South African Domestic Service & Allied Workers 
                                         Union (SADSAWU) 07185559568 / 021 4480044/6
Wilhelmina Trout:       World March of Women (WMW) 0765662915