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Sunday, October 15, 2000

Women march in D.C. as part of 155-nation effort
Event will end the 7-month World March to raise awareness of poverty and violence against women
By David Ho
Associated Press
WASHINGTON - A seven-month global campaign to combat poverty and violence against women culminates today with a rally intended to raise awareness about family issues and encourage women to vote in the presidential election.
   "Poverty and violence may be manifested in different ways in different cultures, but they are really at the core of women's problems," Patricia Ireland, president of the National Organization for Women, the lead organizer of the march, said Saturday.
   She said Monday's Million Family March on the National Mall may dwarf the women's rally, but they have similar goals.
   "Both of them are directed at looking at solutions that affect all of our families and translating that into political action," she said.
   The World March of Women 2000 began on International Women's Day on March 8 outside U.N. headquarters in Geneva and has included more than 4,000 events by women from more than 155 countries.
   More than 30,000 demonstrators marched in Brussels, Belgium on Saturday, with delegations representing women from across Europe and from Congo, Iraq and the Philippines.
   Sunday's march, set to begin and end on the Ellipse across from the White House, is scheduled to pass by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.
   The movement's international delegation will meet with officials from those two organizations on Monday to push for greater debt relief and improved lending for poor countries.
   The same group will meet with U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan on Tuesday to present him with petitions signed by 2 million people seeking an end to violence against women.

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