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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. |
| Hello everyone, this is Lauren Aratani in the US taking over. Demonstrations are still taking place all over the world. Here are some pictures of the massive protests that are happening in Chile. | |
| I’m handing over to my colleagues in the US who will continue the blog from there. | I’m handing over to my colleagues in the US who will continue the blog from there. |
| Thank you all for sharing your powerful photographs, and stories of your events. | Thank you all for sharing your powerful photographs, and stories of your events. |
| If you’d like to see more of the powerful photographs from IWD around the world, take a look at our photo gallery here: | If you’d like to see more of the powerful photographs from IWD around the world, take a look at our photo gallery here: |
| Italy | Italy |
| Whilst around a quarter of the Italian population is in lock down due to coronavirus, Italian President Sergio Mattarella released a video message in which he expressed regret at the need to avoid large-scale gatherings. | Whilst around a quarter of the Italian population is in lock down due to coronavirus, Italian President Sergio Mattarella released a video message in which he expressed regret at the need to avoid large-scale gatherings. |
| He said he was giving “a grateful thought to the women - and there are many - who are working in hospitals... in the red (quarantine) zones to fight the spread of the virus that worries us today.” | He said he was giving “a grateful thought to the women - and there are many - who are working in hospitals... in the red (quarantine) zones to fight the spread of the virus that worries us today.” |
| Paris, France | Paris, France |
| Human rights groups and politicians have criticised alleged police violence at a women’s march in Paris on the eve of IWD, after nine people were arrested during scuffles between police and protesters. | Human rights groups and politicians have criticised alleged police violence at a women’s march in Paris on the eve of IWD, after nine people were arrested during scuffles between police and protesters. |
| Pictures on Twitter appeared to show marchers left battered and bruised. | Pictures on Twitter appeared to show marchers left battered and bruised. |
| Paris mayor Paris Anne Hidalgo said she was shocked at the “unacceptable and incomprehensible” violence. She said she stood in solidarity with demonstrators. | Paris mayor Paris Anne Hidalgo said she was shocked at the “unacceptable and incomprehensible” violence. She said she stood in solidarity with demonstrators. |
| Europe Ecology-The Greens party secretary Julien Bayou described the events as: “absolutely unjustifiable police violence”. | Europe Ecology-The Greens party secretary Julien Bayou described the events as: “absolutely unjustifiable police violence”. |
| Asia | Asia |
| Whilst number of IWD events were cancelled across Asia due to the coronavirus, including South Korea which has the most severe outbreak outside of China. | Whilst number of IWD events were cancelled across Asia due to the coronavirus, including South Korea which has the most severe outbreak outside of China. |
| “Although we can’t be physically together, our minds for realising gender equality are stronger than ever,” the country’s gender equality minister Lee Jung-Ok said in a video message. | “Although we can’t be physically together, our minds for realising gender equality are stronger than ever,” the country’s gender equality minister Lee Jung-Ok said in a video message. |
| However, marches took place in Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines, and Chinese state broadcaster CCTV took the opportunity to highlight the work of female medics tackling coronavirus. | However, marches took place in Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines, and Chinese state broadcaster CCTV took the opportunity to highlight the work of female medics tackling coronavirus. |
| London, UK | London, UK |
| In London, the Women’s Strike has just begun. It encourages women to withdraw all work - whether paid, or unpaid domestic work - on IWD. | In London, the Women’s Strike has just begun. It encourages women to withdraw all work - whether paid, or unpaid domestic work - on IWD. |
| “The Women’s Strike rejects the decades of economic inequality, criminalization and policing, racial and sexual violence, and endless global war and terrorism,” the group said in a statement. | “The Women’s Strike rejects the decades of economic inequality, criminalization and policing, racial and sexual violence, and endless global war and terrorism,” the group said in a statement. |
| “The Women’s Strike is a strike for solidarity between women – women of colour, indigenous, working class, disabled, migrant, Muslim, lesbian, queer and trans women. On 8 March, in cities and towns across the UK we will meet each other on the streets and strike against a system of power that keep us isolated and divided from one another.” | “The Women’s Strike is a strike for solidarity between women – women of colour, indigenous, working class, disabled, migrant, Muslim, lesbian, queer and trans women. On 8 March, in cities and towns across the UK we will meet each other on the streets and strike against a system of power that keep us isolated and divided from one another.” |
| Manila, Philippines | Manila, Philippines |
| In the Philippines, feminist movements have linked up with anti-imperial movements, and dissidents against the Duterte regime. Hundreds took to the streets to call for an end to imperialism, and to Duterte’s rule. | In the Philippines, feminist movements have linked up with anti-imperial movements, and dissidents against the Duterte regime. Hundreds took to the streets to call for an end to imperialism, and to Duterte’s rule. |
| A large effigy of President Rodrigo Duterte, who has been accused of misogyny, was also burnt. | A large effigy of President Rodrigo Duterte, who has been accused of misogyny, was also burnt. |
| “The violence and poverty among women are getting worse,” Joms Salvador of women’s group Gabriela told AFP. | “The violence and poverty among women are getting worse,” Joms Salvador of women’s group Gabriela told AFP. |
| “While we have 37 laws related to women’s rights, on the ground what is happening is a widespread violence in the forms of domestic abuse, sexual harassment and rape,” he said. | “While we have 37 laws related to women’s rights, on the ground what is happening is a widespread violence in the forms of domestic abuse, sexual harassment and rape,” he said. |
| Berlin, Germany | Berlin, Germany |
| In the German capital, women have participated in a ‘purple ride’ - a bicycle demonstration. | In the German capital, women have participated in a ‘purple ride’ - a bicycle demonstration. |
| Edirne, Turkey | Edirne, Turkey |
| Female asylum seekers who are waiting at Turkey’s Pazarkule border crossing to reach Europe have staged a demonstration demanding the gate be opened on IWD. | Female asylum seekers who are waiting at Turkey’s Pazarkule border crossing to reach Europe have staged a demonstration demanding the gate be opened on IWD. |
| Chile | Chile |
| Chile’s main protest square, Plaza Dignidad, is now full— and the march hasn’t even officially begun yet. | 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. | 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. | 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 | Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan |
| Here is a video of the IWD protest in Kyrgyzstan, where predominantly female protesters were arrested after masked men attacked the demonstration. | Here is a video of the IWD protest in Kyrgyzstan, where predominantly female protesters were arrested after masked men attacked the demonstration. |
| Glasgow, Scotland | Glasgow, Scotland |
| The Clydeside branch of the International Workers of the World Union have organised a demonstration in Glasgow. | 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. | They are joined by the West Dumbartonshire branch of WASPI, Women Against State Pension Inequality, some of whom are dressed as suffragettes. |
| Dhaka, Bangladesh | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| In the early hours of the morning of March 8, women in Dhaka, Bangladesh held a candlelight vigil to mark IWD. | In the early hours of the morning of March 8, women in Dhaka, Bangladesh held a candlelight vigil to mark IWD. |
| Buenos Aires, Argentina | 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. | 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. |