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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWomens March Launches Global Mission For Equality
Womens March Global (WMG) the international arm of the Womens March on Washington (WMW) has launched its mission statement as total participation across the world looks set to hit the one million mark.
Three hundred national and international sister marches will join forces with the Womens March on Washington (WMW) DC rally on Jan 21 the day after the U.S. Presidential Inauguration spanning nearly 60 cities in 30 countries across six continents. As march day approaches, the WMG has set out four clear aims.
In a press statement, it announced the movements worldwide vision and values in a unifying framework called H.E.R.S., which spells out the womens rights priorities of: Health, Economic Security, Representation, and Safety:
Please read More: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/womens-march-launches-global-mission-for-equality_us_5878a635e4b094e1aa9dc530
Celebrate with us on 1/21/17. Then let's get down to work for H.E.R.S.
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Womens March Launches Global Mission For Equality (Original Post)
sheshe2
Jan 2017
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LisaM
(27,811 posts)1. I'll be at the one in Seattle!
And I will have a pink hat.
sheshe2
(83,758 posts)2. I will be in Boston....
I only have a pink scarf yet that works!
Good luck and stay safe.
LisaM
(27,811 posts)3. Thanks, you too.
I've gone to marches in Seattle before. I hope the anarchists stay away (I think they will, for this one) and that the news doesn't fixate on coverage of people dressed as sea turtles, which they always do (if they even cover it).
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)4. I'll be in NYC w Priyanka!