Sponsors, donations and advertisements all welcome. Women are telling their stories, discussing the issues that affect them, and sharing hard-won wisdom more that ever. The strike was called almost a year ago by the National Women's Council of Ireland and was made global by the International Wages for Housework Campaign and the International Women Count Network which Wages for Housework co-ordinates. The strike focusses on women's enormous contribution to every society and every economy. Women are calling for a millennium which values all women's work and all women's lives.
Women are determined to change the world's priorities.
The main theme will be 'Globalising Social Justice in the 21 st Century. The congress will be opened on the 3 rd of April by the South African President Thabo Mbeki. Former South African President Nelson Mandela will also attend part of the conference. The 1200 participants will spend a week putting together strategies for the international trade unions movement to influence and shape the debate on social and economic issues over the next four years. In addition to the conference debates, there will be featured discussions on women, youth and social protection.