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International Women’s Day - March 8th 2010 - is an important day for women all around the world. On this day, we can all celebrate the strengths and achievements of women by taking part in Women for Women International’s Join me on the Bridge Campaign.

March 8th, 2010 will be even more significant as we mark the 99 year anniversary of International Women’s Day.

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Can't make it to an existing bridge event? Bring Join me on the Bridge and the global women's movement to your town! Any effort, large or small, will make a big difference. The more towns, cities, schools, families, religious and civic groups participating in this movement, the greater our collective impact. If you don't have a bridge nearby, you can get creative and form a "human bridge!" Download the step-by-step toolkit here.

What is Join Me On The Bridge?

With the tenth anniversary of the UN Millennium Development Goals in 2010, we are given pause to reflect on the tremendous work left to be done in order to eradicate poverty and achieve equality for all the world’s citizens. 70% of the world’s poor are women and 75% of the civilians killed in war are women and children.

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 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 to work freely. They see peace as walking to the fields without fear of rape; they envision 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, Women for Women International is hosting a global campaign – Join me on the Bridge - which will unite women all over the world in a global women’s movement showing that women can build the bridges of peace and development for the future. On March 8, 2010, thousands of women will stand together in Congo and neighboring Rwanda to demand peace and development. Supporting them in their call for the war’s end will be thousands of women from Afghanistan, Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq, Sudan, Nigeria, as well as in the United States and the United Kingdom, to say no to war and yes to peace and hope.

We are planning Join me on the Bridge events on Monday, March 8 in New York City and London. Join us as we walk together across major bridges and then gather to create peace banners!

Rwanda:
Women in Rwanda who participate in CIFI (Commercial and Integrated Farming Program) have the potential to more than triple their income.

Bosnia & Herzegovina:
We have distributed 6,000 microcredit loans! These critical loans help women start businesses ranging from agriculture to home design.

What is International Women's Day?

Join the Movement.

On International Women's Day, women around the world join together in celebration of the intelligence, strength, courage and beauty of women. Since 1908 this has been a day to celebrate the achievements of women around the world without regard to their national, ethnic, linguistic, cultural, economic or political differences.

To honor this day, on March 8 our Women for Women International offices around the world hold events ranging from quiet and reflective meetings to loud and festive celebrations. This year – maybe more than ever – the women we serve are in dire circumstances. Women in Sudan, Nigeria and other countries where we work are reporting about the rise in food prices. Staples like rice and beans have doubled in about a year – leaving families hungry and wondering where their next meal will come from.