# 8M2019: in different languages, but the same claims

Women's Day is commemorated in various parts of the world and, with slogans in different languages, flags or banners, the claims are similar: the end of gender violence and equal treatment and employment, economic, social and political opportunities.

In SpainFor example, there were two mbad demonstrations in Madrid and Barcelona, ​​where the unions called for a general strike and partial stop against discrimination for the second year.

In la France, where every three days a woman dies at the hands of her partner or ex-partner, the protests focused on denouncing wage inequality, the low representation of women in leadership positions, and gender-based violence, which brought together several thousand of people in the main cities of the country. In ParisSeveral feminist badociations have renamed thousands of streets with posters reminding writer Margaret Atwood, sculptor Jeanne Bardey and activist Angela Davis to denounce the scarcity of references to women in urban plaques across the country.

IN ADDITION:

Why do women decide to stop and walk today?

In Nicaragua, they evoke the prisoners killed and forcibly displaced by the local socio-political crisis. As a result of gender-based violence, 58 women died in 2018 and 59 children became orphans.

In PakistanHundreds of women gathered in the main cities of the country and raised their voices to defend their rights under the umbrella of March Aurat ("Woman"), organized for the second year in a row.

In DhakaThe capital of Bangladesh, hundreds of mobilized women have been called by various organizations and unions to advocate for equality and safety in their workplace and in their lives in general.