Latin Americans Hit the Streets to Strike on International Women's Day

Latin Americans Hit the Streets to Strike on International Women's Day
Posted 8 March 2017 7:32 GMT




Sign reads, “No to sexist violence.” Photo: Emergente. Published with permission and under CC 2.0.


Latin America is expecting a rush of street actions and activist initiatives on Wednesday, following promises by an array of civic groups to join a labor strike on International Women's Day. Organizers expect the work stoppages and protests to spread like two movements last October, #VivasNosQueremos (We Want Ourselves Alive) and #NiUnaMenos (Not One Less).

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The protests last year started in Argentina in response to a series of brutal femicides that took place weeks earlier in different parts of the country. These demonstrations quickly spread to other parts of the region. Within days, there were protests in cities across Chile, Uruguay, Peru, Bolivia, and Mexico, with demonstrators chanting the same slogans, and campaigning on the same issues.

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