Global gatherings on International Women’s Day

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Women around the world take to the streets on Wednesday, International Women’s Day, to protest their oppression and inequality. In the morning, the first demonstrations took place in Thailand and Indonesia. In the Afghan capital Kabul, about 20 women even gathered to demonstrate for their rights.

Protest marches and actions are also planned in numerous European countries, including Spain, and in 150 cities and towns in France alone. In London, Madame Tussauds plans to unveil a new wax figure of British women’s rights activist and suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst, who began her fight for women’s suffrage 120 years ago.

Rallies also online

Meetings are planned in the United States to defend the right to abortion. In other countries in North and South America, demonstrations are directed against the rampant violence against women and the increasing number of femicides. Activists in Cuba called for a “virtual gathering” in the online networks to raise awareness of the phenomenon of femicide.

Targeted sanctions for violence against women

The United Nations is addressing women’s rights violations in Afghanistan, Iran and many other countries during a two-week session of the UN Commission on Women’s Rights. At the start, UN Secretary-General António Guterres lamented on Monday that true equality between women and men was “still 300 years away”.

Particularly worrying is the situation in Afghanistan, where the radical Islamic Taliban largely exclude women and girls from public life. On Tuesday, the EU imposed targeted sanctions for violence against women for the first time, including against the Taliban.

(AFP)

Source: Blick