nearly 200 people beat the pavement to defend the cause of women
This Tuesday, March 8, a feminist march took place, the gathering of which had been fixed at the Place de l’hôtel de ville in Annecy. Nearly 200 people walked the streets of the city overnight. Set up as part of the International Women’s Rights Day which took place on March 8, it was in charge of another event which brought together 300 people in Annecy on March 5.
Initiated by a collective composed among others by Attac, the Family Planning movement, the FSU union, or even the Human Rights League, this event aimed to highlight female health personnel, very mobilized during the pandemic. , the fragility of women in relation to climatic disasters, the violence against them…
The demonstrators demanded, among other things, access to non-discriminatory care or even the change of identity on simple declaration. Also among the demands, the decriminalization of sex work or even the end of Islamophobic harassment.
In general, the demonstrators said they were fighting “reactionary, masculinist and anti-feminist ideas. The procession crisscrossed the city at night, performing songs that defended the women’s cause. The procession moved while demonstrators represented in chorus “The march of lesbians”.