MARCHING FOR THE 8TH OF MARCH AND JOIN ME ON THE BRIDGE
101 years of the 8th of March – 101 reasons why to vote for women in local elections 2012!
The CURE Foundation, Women for Women International and INFOHOUSE Association invites you to the International Women’s Day 2012, which is underlined by the activist March for the 8th of March (realized by the CURE Foundation since 2009) and the action „ Join me on the Bridge 2012” (traditionally organized by Women for Women International and is going to take place in more than 70 countries around the world at the same time).
It will be a pleasure, if you would come to join the activities, that are going to be realized on 8th of March in Sarajevo, where all interested ones are going to assemble from 11am to11.30am in front of the Nation Museum B&H, and afterwards, at 11.30am all participants will start their collective steps fulfilled with messages of love an the awareness of gender equality to the park „Spomenik“ (begins at 12am at the park in front of the city hall Centar), where the central manifest will takes place, and by flying balloons on the Eiffel-Bridge (Ajfelov most) at Skenderija the manifest will be officially end.
This year, fighters for women’s human rights organize and collect common activities for the International Women’s Day to stress the fact that there is a problem of unequal treatment based on sex and gender roles even after one 101 years of the activist’s active demand to stop discriminating women!
The Sarajevo-activities in regards to the 8th of March are joint by women’s organizations from whole Bosnia and Herzegovina, young ladies from CURE Network of young activists and citizens. Our main aim is to remind why the 8th of March is the International Women’s Day, which are the women’s rights, which of these rights are still violated – and how everyone is able to contribute to gender and sexual equality. We try to draw attention to the 8th of March and that this holiday is created because of need to mark the Women’s Day in honor of women’s rights movements. That movement appears in the beginning of the 20th century, while main aims were achieving the right to vote, the right for participating in government and the right to work.
In the park „Spomenik“ there will be arranged a special program to the representatives of diplomatic corps, the representatives of the governmental and the non-governmental sector, the participants of the manifest, the representatives of media, supporters and friends of Women to Women International and the CURE Foundation.
The Join me on the Bridge campaign started in 2010 when women from Congo and Rwanda joined together on the bridge connecting their two countries, showing that they could build the bridges of peace and hope for the future. This action sparked a massive global movement, and last year they were joined by thousands of people on hundreds of bridges worldwide.
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Join me on the Bridge 2012
Now in it’s third year, the Join me on the Bridge campaign started in 2010 when women from Congo and Rwanda joined together on the bridge connecting their two countries, showing that they could build the bridges of peace and hope for the future. This action sparked a massive global movement, and last year they were joined by thousands of people on hundreds of bridges worldwide.
On International Women’s Day, 8 March, thousands of people will show that they are with the women of Afghanistan, Iraq, Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan and other war-torn countries.
We stand with these women to give them strength and to show we support their demands for peace and equality. Women are peace builders and with equality at the peace negotiation tables and governing bodies of their countries they will build a more peaceful world.
Now is the time for women around the world to unite in building bridges, joining on bridges and celebrating what is possible on bridges. Stronger women are building the bridges of peace for our future. With your support we will be even stronger.
