where the events of Women’s Day in Argentina will take place

Feminist judicial reform, public policies to mitigate the adverse effects of the coronavirus pandemic on women and dissidents, the application of the transvestite work quota and measures to stop femicides and transvesticides, are some of the claims that Monday will run for the duration. and the extent of the country in the International Women’s Strike (PIM).

Monday 8, International Women’s Day instituted by the United Nations in 1975, is the date on which the commemoration and the strike converge which have resulted from various mobilizations around the world since 2000.

The group “Ni Una Menos” called for a meeting in congress from 16. There she will play a “feminist verdurazo” with the Land Workers Union (UTT), after which the general concentration will take place.

“We stop because we are not going to let go of the streets, because our strength is collective, because we are crying out enough about patriarchal violence, because we are not going to pay for the crisis with our bodies and our territories”, they said.

The list of slogans and proposals “We stop” in Argentina, signed by dozens of organizations, unions and social movements across the country, begins with the effects that the coronavirus has on the situation of women, lesbians, bisexuals, transvestites and transvestites.

During this time, one of the cries which will be heard loud will be once again “Not One Less”, after a series of femicides which shocked the company and for which the sanction of the Emergency law on gender violence.

In addition, for the first time, the commemoration and strike of the 8M will take place with a law on voluntary termination of pregnancy in the country. In this sense, the petition called for the effective application of the new regulations and the release of those imprisoned for abortion or obstetric events, which are estimated at at least 1,532 women.

Call points all over the country

In addition to the Congress, there will be calls in major cities across the country. Here is some:

-Bahía Blanca: Plaza Rivadavia is the meeting point from 5.30 p.m., according to the SUTEBA call.

-Mar del Plata: the main mobilization will take place on Avenida Luro y Miter, next to the Monument to General San Martín from 5:00 p.m.

-La Plata: the main march will take place at 4.30 p.m. in Plaza Moreno.

-City of Mendoza: the meeting will be in Vicente Zapata and Salta, at 18 years old.

-Rosario: the call is scheduled at 5:00 p.m. at the Santa Fe and Dorrego crossroads and at the Flag Monument.

-Córdoba: there are calls in different parts of the provinces, such as Río Cuarto (17 concentration in the central square and 18 March); Carlos Paz (6.30 p.m., in Plaza del Avión), San Francisco (7.30 p.m., in Plaza Cívica) and La Falda (5 p.m., on the La Falda stage).

– Salta: the women called to meet in Plaza 9 de Julio, where at 3 p.m. there will be a feminist fair on the clothesline and the rally at 5 p.m.

– Neuquén: there is a summons to the monument to Rodolfo Walsh, in the Plaza de Periodistas Neuquinos and Avenida Argentina, at 5 p.m.

– Río Negro: the Association of State Workers (ATE) promotes a strike of women in national bodies, in provincial public administration and in municipalities.