Join me on the Bridge
Here’s a partner post about an International Women’s Day event from our friends at Women for Women International.
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo—the site of over 5 million deaths and hundreds of thousands of rapes in a conflict spanning more than a decade—women are imagining peace. They say peace means being able to live and work freely. Peace means walking to the fields without fear of rape. Peace means a more prosperous future, harvesting from the fields the fruits of their own labor. Yet war wages on.
To honor the resilience of these and the millions of other women survivors of war around the world, we at Women for Women International are hosting a global campaign called Join me on the Bridge. On International Women’s Day (Monday, March 8), we’ll unite women and men on bridges all over the world—from San Francisco to Congo—calling for peace and development in an unprecedented show of global solidarity.
We want YOU to join us! Here’s how:
- Attend an event. We’re hosting special festivities on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City and on the Millennium Bridge in London. But make sure to check out our full list of bridge events being organized around the world by partner organizations and supporters like you.
- Don’t see a bridge event near you? Bring the campaign to your community by organizing your own event.
- Sign our supporter pledge to demonstrate your commitment to an investment in women and your desire for peace and development worldwide.
- Share this blog post with your friends on Facebook and Twitter!
We truly hope that you’ll join us as we stand alongside the women in Congo and make a collective call for peace.
-Jennifer Morabito, Women for Women International
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October 27, 2010 at 3:49 am
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