Since the time when Quebec feminists launched the appeal for women's solidarity worldwide, the project has progressed by leaps and bounds. Today more than 157 countries and territories are represented and over 5000 groups have signed up. Close to 80 national coordinating bodies have been established. In other words, right this minute, thousands of women are in the process of building a magnificent collective event. The answer lies in how women live today and the new world they would like to live in.
Women everywhere are the main victims of neoliberal policy.
They are poor yet live on a rich planet. They are oppressed by patriarchal regimes. Some women are particularly discriminated against, for example, immigrants and lesbians. All of them wish to see their rights recognized, both in their countries and internationally. Women also initiate, direct and participate in alternatives to poverty and violence.