PSI Campaign 2008

Water, Women, Workers: sources of life

8-22 March 2008

“Water, Women, Workers: sources of life” is the theme of this year’s PSI campaign, starting on International Women’s Day on 8 March and ending on World Water Day on 22 March. The campaign includes a focus on climate change and sustainable development. It will highlight the importance - especially for women - of quality public services in health, water and education.

The campaign’s key messages are on:

• the negative impact of water privatisation, which disproportionately affects women;
• the influence of climate change on clean water supplies and sustainable development;
• universal access to safe water as a human right;
• and a call for governments to publicly own and manage water supplies.

In alliance with the ITUC and other global union federations who are making “decent work, decent life for women” this year's theme for International Women’s Day, PSI stresses the importance of quality public health, water and education services in ensuring sustainable development, decent work and quality of life for all, especially women.

PSI invites all affiliates to participate in the days of action, particularly calling on PSI’s regional women’s committees, and utilities, municipal services and health services trade unions. Affiliates are encouraged to work in alliance with other women’s groups and civil society organisations.

Campaign kits, including a poster, sticker, postcard and leaflet, have been mailed out to affiliates and regional and sub-regional PSI offices. A dedicated website, through which campaign materials can be downloaded, is available at www.psiwater.org.

Please inform us of any activities you are organising as part of the Water, Women and Workers: sources of life days of action. Please send information to: equality@world-psi.org.