International Women's Day: protests, activism and a strike – live Read more“We are united, we are international – and we are everywhere,” said Klementyna Suchanow, a Poland-based organiser of the International Women’s Strike, adding that the walkout would put governments and institutions under pressure by giving women a voice that has long been ignored. The world is being forced to listen to us.”The theme for 2017’s International Women’s Day – which celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women – is #BeBoldForChange. The International Women’s Strike, meanwhile, is suggesting that women “boycott local misogynists”, stop shopping, go on a sex strike, block roads and streets, and take part in marches or pickets. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Red shoes and flowers placed by members of a women’s group to promote International Women’s Day in Puerta del Sol square in Madrid, Spain. International Women’s Day moved to 8 March in 1913, and was recognised by the United Nations – which now decrees an annual theme – in 1975.

Source: The Guardian March 07, 2017 21:00 UTC