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| International Women's Day: events highlighting gender inequality take place around the world - live updates | International Women's Day: events highlighting gender inequality take place around the world - live updates |
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| On International Women’s Day, we’ll be following the commemorative events all around the world. | On International Women’s Day, we’ll be following the commemorative events all around the world. |
| Chile | |
| Chile’s main protest square, Plaza Dignidad, is now full— and the march hasn’t even officially begun yet. | |
| There’s a huge 8M flag, and women are spray painting signs on the roads. | |
| A woman is on top of the horse in the square’s central statue of Baquedano. She’s covering her eye, a tribute to over 400 victims who have had their eyes shot by police weapons since the unrest broke out in October. | |
| Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan | |
| Here is a video of the IWD protest in Kyrgyzstan, where predominantly female protesters were arrested after masked men attacked the demonstration. | |
| Glasgow, Scotland | |
| The Clydeside branch of the International Workers of the World Union have organised a demonstration in Glasgow. | |
| They are joined by the West Dumbartonshire branch of WASPI, Women Against State Pension Inequality, some of whom are dressed as suffragettes. | |
| Dhaka, Bangladesh | |
| In the early hours of the morning of March 8, women in Dhaka, Bangladesh held a candlelight vigil to mark IWD. | |
| Buenos Aires, Argentina | |
| The Argentine Armed Forces all-women orchestra played as part of IWD celebrations on March 6. The Women’s Armed Forces Orchestra brings together officers from the Army, Navy and Air Force. | |
| Sydney, Australia | Sydney, Australia |
| IWD demonstrations also took place in Sydney, Australia. | IWD demonstrations also took place in Sydney, Australia. |
| Lausanne, Switzerland | Lausanne, Switzerland |
| On the eve of IWD, women in Switzerland took part in a flashmob. | On the eve of IWD, women in Switzerland took part in a flashmob. |
| Yogyakarta, Indonesia | Yogyakarta, Indonesia |
| Pakistan | Pakistan |
| Marches have taken place in Pakistani cities to call for gender equality. In some areas, women are still put to death under ancient ‘honour’ codes. | Marches have taken place in Pakistani cities to call for gender equality. In some areas, women are still put to death under ancient ‘honour’ codes. |
| People all over the world are sharing photographs of themselves making an ‘equal’ sign with their arms, as part of the hashtag #EachforEqual, promoting gender inequality. | People all over the world are sharing photographs of themselves making an ‘equal’ sign with their arms, as part of the hashtag #EachforEqual, promoting gender inequality. |
| Here is an Amnesty International community group based in Durban, South Africa, who have been operating for 30 year with members of all ages, right up to 89 year old Coral. | Here is an Amnesty International community group based in Durban, South Africa, who have been operating for 30 year with members of all ages, right up to 89 year old Coral. |
| Below is a Lean In circle in Penang, Malaysia. Lean In circles bring women from all backgrounds together and offer peer mentorship, skill development and a space to be “unapologetically ambitious”. There are 44,000 Lean in circles in more than 170 countries. | Below is a Lean In circle in Penang, Malaysia. Lean In circles bring women from all backgrounds together and offer peer mentorship, skill development and a space to be “unapologetically ambitious”. There are 44,000 Lean in circles in more than 170 countries. |
| Manchester, England | Manchester, England |
| A demonstration is taking place in Manchester with Sisters Not Strangers, a campaign led by refugee and asylum-seeking women, which aims to “build solidarity for women who have come to the UK to seek safety but have instead been made destitute”. | A demonstration is taking place in Manchester with Sisters Not Strangers, a campaign led by refugee and asylum-seeking women, which aims to “build solidarity for women who have come to the UK to seek safety but have instead been made destitute”. |
| The group are singing in the city’s Piccadilly Gardens to mark IWD. | The group are singing in the city’s Piccadilly Gardens to mark IWD. |
| Paris, France | Paris, France |
| Women of General Confederation of Labour, a large labour union in France, have taken to the streets to demand equality, seemingly dressed like WWII feminist icon, Rosie the Riveter. | Women of General Confederation of Labour, a large labour union in France, have taken to the streets to demand equality, seemingly dressed like WWII feminist icon, Rosie the Riveter. |
| Kiev, Ukraine | Kiev, Ukraine |
| Demonstrations are also taking place in Kiev, Ukraine. Activists are calling for an end to violence against women, and wider gender equality. | Demonstrations are also taking place in Kiev, Ukraine. Activists are calling for an end to violence against women, and wider gender equality. |
| Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia | Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia |
| A march is taking place in Skopje, organised The Helsinki Committee for Human Rights of North Macedonia. The protest was created with the motto ‘You are not guilty’. | A march is taking place in Skopje, organised The Helsinki Committee for Human Rights of North Macedonia. The protest was created with the motto ‘You are not guilty’. |
| Moscow, Russia | Moscow, Russia |
| A running event has been held on IWD in Moscow. Hundreds of men run with tulips and gift them to women on the finish line. | A running event has been held on IWD in Moscow. Hundreds of men run with tulips and gift them to women on the finish line. |
| Alongside the tulip races, a rally is taking place organised by the group of activists We Are Khachaturyan Sisters in Moscow’s Sokolniki Hyde Park. | Alongside the tulip races, a rally is taking place organised by the group of activists We Are Khachaturyan Sisters in Moscow’s Sokolniki Hyde Park. |
| Chile | Chile |
| Chile’s 8M comes at a politically tense time - amidst a social revolt and in the run up to a historic referendum vote in April to change the country’s Pinochet-era constitution. The country has been seized by mass demonstrations for for over 4 months. | Chile’s 8M comes at a politically tense time - amidst a social revolt and in the run up to a historic referendum vote in April to change the country’s Pinochet-era constitution. The country has been seized by mass demonstrations for for over 4 months. |
| Chile’s women share the demands of their regional peers — legal abortion, against violence, against impunity for abusers, greater equality — on top of this we’ll be seeing demands for justice for women who have been assaulted by the state. | Chile’s women share the demands of their regional peers — legal abortion, against violence, against impunity for abusers, greater equality — on top of this we’ll be seeing demands for justice for women who have been assaulted by the state. |
| Violence against women in Chile | Violence against women in Chile |
| Since October, when Chile’s uprising first broke out, the National Human Rights Organization (INDH) are investigating 433 cases against state officials to women: 247 for torture and cruelty, 112 for torture with sexual violence, 20 for unnecessary violence, 3 for frustrated homicide. | Since October, when Chile’s uprising first broke out, the National Human Rights Organization (INDH) are investigating 433 cases against state officials to women: 247 for torture and cruelty, 112 for torture with sexual violence, 20 for unnecessary violence, 3 for frustrated homicide. |
| The two cases of frustrated homicide against women I know of are of 15-year-old Geraldine Alvarado, who was in Santiago’s main protest square Plaza Italia, 10 dec, when a tear gas canister was shot at her head. It left a wound so deep that her skull was exposed. She was left in a coma and was on the verge of death for 5 days. | The two cases of frustrated homicide against women I know of are of 15-year-old Geraldine Alvarado, who was in Santiago’s main protest square Plaza Italia, 10 dec, when a tear gas canister was shot at her head. It left a wound so deep that her skull was exposed. She was left in a coma and was on the verge of death for 5 days. |
| Fabiola Campillai was waiting for a bus to work when police shot her directly in the face on 26 November. Her face was completely crushed by the impact, losing vision in both eyes and her sense of smell. She’s had one high-risk surgery, and soon she will need another. Still no police officer has been named or brought to trial for what they did, speaking recently Fabiola said “justice would be for them to give me back my eyes. There will never be justice for what they did to me”. | Fabiola Campillai was waiting for a bus to work when police shot her directly in the face on 26 November. Her face was completely crushed by the impact, losing vision in both eyes and her sense of smell. She’s had one high-risk surgery, and soon she will need another. Still no police officer has been named or brought to trial for what they did, speaking recently Fabiola said “justice would be for them to give me back my eyes. There will never be justice for what they did to me”. |
| IWD march | IWD march |
| Feminist groups have sent out guidelines and precautions to women about how to stay safe during the march. This includes bringing protective eye wear and tear gas masks. Bringing laurel water and sliced lemon for tear gas relief, Milk Of Magnesia for pepper spray. | Feminist groups have sent out guidelines and precautions to women about how to stay safe during the march. This includes bringing protective eye wear and tear gas masks. Bringing laurel water and sliced lemon for tear gas relief, Milk Of Magnesia for pepper spray. |
| I went to four hard wear stores yesterday and all the gas masks were sold out. In one store, a mother was buying protective wear for her daughter’s first Women’s Day march. She said her friend “I can’t believe I have to buy this so my daughter can protest safely”. | I went to four hard wear stores yesterday and all the gas masks were sold out. In one store, a mother was buying protective wear for her daughter’s first Women’s Day march. She said her friend “I can’t believe I have to buy this so my daughter can protest safely”. |
| The police are sending out women officers to guard the march, promising the event will be family friendly and safe. However protesters are highly distrustful of police. On Friday, a man died while protesting, caused by a tear gas canister impacting his head. | The police are sending out women officers to guard the march, promising the event will be family friendly and safe. However protesters are highly distrustful of police. On Friday, a man died while protesting, caused by a tear gas canister impacting his head. |
| Women representing different causes will head today’s march. There are representatives for trans and lesbians rights, for those representing victims of police oppression since October, migrant voices fighting against racism, sex worker groups. | Women representing different causes will head today’s march. There are representatives for trans and lesbians rights, for those representing victims of police oppression since October, migrant voices fighting against racism, sex worker groups. |
| All march for their own fights but unite against the violation of human rights inflicted by the state since October “we demand that they stop shooting at us mutilating us, raping us and commit to protecting humans rights”, says march organiser, coordinadora 8m Santiago. | All march for their own fights but unite against the violation of human rights inflicted by the state since October “we demand that they stop shooting at us mutilating us, raping us and commit to protecting humans rights”, says march organiser, coordinadora 8m Santiago. |
| After the separatist segment of the march, all groups are welcome to join. Cis men, however, are discouraged from joining. | After the separatist segment of the march, all groups are welcome to join. Cis men, however, are discouraged from joining. |