Marche mondiale des Femmes

[2] The idea came from a previous event, the Women's March Against Poverty, which took place in 1995, also in Québec.

This involved some 2,500 women in three groups marching for ten days before presenting nine demands to the authorities relating to economic justice.

[1] Planning for the Marche mondiale des Femmes began in 1997, and in October 1998, a meeting was held in Montréal, Canada, in which 140 women representing 65 countries took part.

They agreed to two main themes for the march: the elimination of world poverty and the cessation of violence towards women.

In New York, a petition was handed to United Nations representatives setting out proposals that would help eliminate the problems of world poverty and domestic violence.