"Let me express my deep gratitude for your wonderful sense of solidarity. I count the number of times you have saved my life and made our work possible. "
My name is Wangari Maathai and I live in Kenya. I started the Green Belt
Movement and recently received the Nobel Peace Prize.
The Green Belt Movement empowers women through self-help projects. One of our main activities is to plant millions of trees so that we can stop the de-forestation that leads to the impoverishment of women in rural areas.
Because of our work, we have been attacked by the police and even jailed – but Amnesty International members and other supporters have always stood with us.
When you helped restore my freedom from prison in 2001, you also freed
and empowered the other women. Thank-you all for being there for me and
for them.
How to order:
- The resources listed here are free, although each order carries a $4.00 shipping/handling charge. Orders are handled only on a pre-paid basis.
- You may email your order details to materials@amnesty.ca. Or phone in your order toll-free at 1-800-AMNESTY.
- Check back each month for new “10,000 Voices” resources.
NEW! 10,000 Voices bookmarks – free!
Order bundles of our colourful new bookmarks and distribute them in schools, workplaces, bookstores, faith groups, libraries, resource centres and among friends. $4.00 shipping charge per order.
Appeal postcards
Sign and mail these
postcard appeals. Distribute them in schools, workplaces, faith communities,
bookstores, resource centres and to friends. Currently there are
four appeal postcards:
- Colombia: Stop violence against women by soldiers and armed groups.
- Zimbabwe: Protect women human rights activists in Zimbabwe.
- Canada: Prevent violence against Indigenous women in Canada.
- Mexico: Protect Indigenous women activist Obtilia Eugenio Manuel.
Watch this page for news about the latest postcard appeals.
Posters
set of three posters publicizing Amnesty International’s
Stop Violence against Women campaign.
Pamphlet
introducing
Amnesty International’s Stop Violence
against Women campaign.
Print advertisements.
If you have opportunities to place “10,000
Voices” ads in magazines or newspapers, please email: voices@amnesty.ca.
Activity & Information Kit.
Individual kits on each of four key themes
of Amnesty International’s Stop Violence against Women campaign:
- women in migration
- women in armed conflict
- Indigenous women
- women human rights defenders
Pamphlet/poster
on stopping violence against Indigenous women in
Canada. Introduces the issues and describes how people can take action.
