ActionAid has created a fun new viral
gift for men and women to send to the women in their lives.
A specially designed “virtual” stick of rock declares that “Women Rock!” and features the female
symbol.
Sent via an email that includes a collection link, the rock can be embedded on a facebook page, blog or website. Those who send the link to more than five people will receive a real
stick of rock in return.
Sian McLachlan, ActionAid said: “Over 70% of those living in poverty around the world are women. At ActionAid, we believe that only by empowering women can
we see an end to world poverty and so we make sure that women's rights run through everything we do.
“By passing this gift on to women in your life who rock, you are showing your
support for women around the world. Together we can help them claim their rights and end poverty.”
International Women’s Day is the day to appreciate and celebrate the women
in your lives – but it is also the day to stand side-by-side with the women who are still fighting for their rights. Around the world, and particularly in developing countries, women and girls
are disadvantaged, excluded and discriminated against.
ActionAid funds women’s projects around the world and also campaigns for change. In the UK, we have made progress in putting
poverty in the political agenda, now it is time to focus on women’s rights.
ActionAid is calling on the UK government to put women’s rights at the forefront of the fight
against poverty.
Women use donkeys to collect water from to an inland reservoir outside a village in Kharif district north of the Yemeni capital Sanaa February 19, 2008. Yemen relies on groundwater, which ...
