Women lead the way in demonstrations around the world – VG

Despite the ongoing pandemic, large-scale demonstrations are taking place in various parts of the world. Some of them have been going on for a few weeks, while in other places the demonstrations have taken place for several years.

March 8 is Women’s Day, which was marked by several ongoing demonstrations around the world.

According to the UN, 2020 was a difficult year to be a woman. The pandemic caused more women in difficult life situations to lose the opportunity to go out, more girls got married and will be married very young, and many girls lost their education, and still do.

In a discussion post signed by Prime Minister Erna Solberg (H) and Development Aid Minister Dag Inge Ulstein (KrF), they write that social closures have contributed to an explosive increase in violence against women and girls.

On Monday, several women took to the streets in ongoing demonstrations to highlight important issues that often take a back seat.

Peasant uprising

Several thousand women took to the ongoing demonstrations on the outskirts of Delhi to mark Women’s Day.

Since December last year, many farmers and their families have spoken out against a new law that opens up the sale of farm products to private buyers, something that farmers fear will reduce their income.

Wearing yellow handkerchiefs to represent the color mustard, the women took their seats in one of the larger gathering places.

– Women are sitting here in protest, but Prime Minister Narendra Modi doesn’t care. He does not care about mothers, sisters and daughters. He doesn’t care about women, said Mandeep Kaur, a farm worker who had traveled more than 100 miles from Chhattisgarh state to protest on March 8 for Women’s Day, NTB writes.

“This is an important day that represents the strength of women,” Veena, 37, told Reuters.

More than 20,000 women gathered near the Delhi border with Haryana state, according to police and those responsible for the event.

They have organized various actions and hunger strikes on the occasion of Women’s Day.

– This is a day that will be organized by women, the speakers will be women, there will be many feminist perspectives and discussions about what these laws mean for women farmers, says activist Kavitha Kuruganti.

Three out of four women working full time in India are farmers, according to Oxfam India figures. But less than 13 percent of women own the land on which they work.

“Day of rage”

Angry and frustrated Lebanese have declared Monday “the day of rage”.

It is the seventh day they have blocked the main roads in Beirut to show what they think of the authorities.

The country’s economy is going through a serious crisis and the value of the Lebanese pound continues to fall sharply, NTB reports.

“This is a wake-up call for all Lebanese leaders that a social explosion is coming in Lebanon,” said one of the protesters.

Journalist Luna Safwan writes on Twitter that several of the blockades are currently led by women.

– They demand fundamental rights for a better country, which deprives men and women of opportunities and a dignified life, he writes.

Fighting continues in Myanmar

Demonstrations against the junta continue more than five weeks after the military coup in Myanmar.

On Monday, protesters waved flags made from sarongs and hung women’s clothes on clotheslines in the streets.

Going under women’s clothing causes accidents for men, according to local superstition. Help stop the police and the military, who often walk or have to pull strings before they can pass.

One of the leaders of the protest movement against the military junta, Maung Saungkha, asked the women on Facebook to come out and tag themselves on Monday.

Nay Chi, one of the people behind the sarong trick, describes women as revolutionaries.

– Our people are unarmed, but we are smart. They are trying to control us with fear, but we will fight fear, he tells Reuters.

Women’s fight

Demonstrations against President Rodrigo Duterte have been going on in the Philippines for a long time.

On Monday, female activists took the lead to hold Duterte accountable for his handling of the pandemic, unemployment, poverty and human rights violations during the pandemic.

They also demonstrated in solidarity with the resistance movement in Myanmar.

Freedom of expression and better working conditions

A law banning negative publicity from royalty has sparked large demonstrations in Thailand, and many have been arrested.

The protesters are demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, a more democratic constitution and a more accountable royal family.

Critics of the regime have largely been given a mouthful through a law that protects the country’s king, Maha Vajiralongkorn, and the royal family from slander.

On Monday, maternity leave and better and fairer working conditions were also on the agenda of the women who demonstrated.