Women's Day begins to be felt around the world | Chronic

During a key week for women, various countries began taking action to make themselves heard. This Monday, in Chile> Santiago de Chile metro stations, appeared an intervention.

On March 8, it will be commemorated by a feminist general strike in the main squares of the world. Nearly 200 participants of the 8M Women's Arts and Propaganda Brigade Women's Coordinators woke up at 5 am to go to 46 subway stations to change the names, so the women.

One of the spokespersons of the movement, Alondra Carrillo, told the local press that the feminist super Monday "Purple dyes a clbadic milestone in Santiago's life to show the countdown to the strike, we show the names of women who are part of the feminist historical memory and therefore of our present life, but who are not part of the city ​​We want to show that women have the right to the city, we are part of public life and we demand a feminist historical memory ".

The names are those who have made significant contributions to the country by taking the stations of the popular capital transportation network. In Baquedano, the station appeared called Violet vine, while the University of Chile was renamed with the Elena Caffarena and in Cerrillos it was highlighted Luz Donoso.

In the opinion of Chilean feminists, many of the women leaders of our country are not known because of the lack of recognition of the official history and, sometimes, of the state itself as to its merits.