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The World March of Women 2000
La marcha mundial de mujeres, na marcha mundiale das mulheres, la marche mondiale des
femmes-depending on where you were it was marked in different ways, but the long anticipated
World March for Women finally took place on October 15, 2000. The march was initially conceptualized by the Fédération des femmes québeçoises following a
successful march against poverty that they had coordinated in Quebec in 1994. After attending
the Beijing conference in 1995, they decided to join forces with other women's organizations
and make their idea global. They created a steering committee comprised of women leaders from
around the world to spearhead an international march in New York as well to encourage the
coordination of national marches that would take place simultaneously in every corner of the
globe. The march was to rally for the elimination of poverty and violence against women and
to call for gender equality. 
As the official US organizers, the National Organization for Women took the lead in planning
the national march and was joined by hundreds of co-sponsoring organizations.
Eager to take part in this important event, members of the George Washington University
community organized a delegation to march in support of women and to ensure that the voices of
young feminists be heard. With the assistance of the GW Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance,
students launched a concentrated outreach campaign to spread the word and galvanize feminist
activists on campus. About 50 GW graduate and undergraduate students participated in the march
and joined thousands of feminists from around the world to demand an end to the continued
economic, physical, and emotional violence against women.Written by: Alyson Kozma
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