Sydney International Women's Day

The IWD Collective and friends marched and rode at the Mardi Gras parade last night.  Despite the occasional heavy shower of rain, spirits were high and we danced and shimmied along Oxford Street.

Before the march ..

While some of us rode in peda-pods ….

…  BIG changes – not small change

riding in Mardi Gras 2011

Come, JOIN US – Saturday 12 March at 12 noon at Town Hall.  Marching to Martin Place.  Lots of stalls and fantastic performers.

2011 is the centenary of International Women’s Day.  The first march in 1911 was asking for equal pay for women and improved conditions – and in 2011 the demand is for equal pay.  Assemble at Sydney Town Hall at 12 noon on Saturday March 12 and march to Martin Place.

Click here IWD Flyer 2011 to download a copy of the flyer.  Please distribute through your networks, or send on the link to this site.

Did you visit our stall at Fair Day in Victoria Park today?  We handed out flyers about the march on 12 March and the theme of equal pay – we also had postcards for sale.

The IWD Collective is organising to march in Mardi Gras on 4 March – contact us if you want to join the group.

St. Andrew’s Church (which holds 2/3rds of St. Andrews’s Square next to Town Hall) has told IWD organisers that approval for the use of the grounds will NOT be given next year.

For more info. see Adele Horin’s article:  http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/church-tells-womens-march-to-find-new-spot-20110116-19slu.html

Make sure you put the date of Saturday March 12 in your diary to come and march.

Join us in the Sydney CBD on Saturday March 12, 2011 for the IWD march and rally.  2011 will be the centenary of IWD and there will be many celebrations around Australia, including an exhibition during March at Parliamentd House, Macquarie Street.

The IWD Collective is meeting weekly on Monday at 6.00pm at 1/79 Myrtle Street, Chippendale.  Come along and be involved

What a fantastic day – hope you were able to join us.  If you took some great photos and would like to share them – please send them to us.

Did you join us in Sydney on Saturday March 7, 2009? 

Numbers were down on the previous year, possibly due to the impact of the Mardi Gras parade occurring on the same day.  But it was a brilliant day and perfect weather for marching and the speakers were great and the artists were magnificent.  Hope you will be able to come along next year.