They believe the work women do, massively increased by structural programs imposed by the International Monetary Fund, has more than repaid the debt. Access to clean drinking water and ecologically sound technology for every household. Affordable and accessible housing and transportation. Protection from all forms of violence at home, in the factory, in the office, in the street and everywhere else. Pay equity for all equal pay for work of equal value internationally.
Paid maternity leave, breastfeeding breaks and other benefits recognizing women s biological needs.
International Women s Day every March 8 be declared a paid public holiday starting 2000. Spearheading the national day of protest against poverty and violence are Kilos-Kabaro and Gabriela, national alliances of women in the Philippines. Gabriela said in their statement that women as always must show their militance against the worsening economic and political crisis. This developed as women scored a victory in Australia over the death of Jean Strachan, a Filipina married to an Australian. Manila said Justice J. Adams of the New South Wales Supreme Court sentenced Thomas Kier to 24 years imprisonment for killing his Filipina wife.