People around the world are marking International Women’s Day with calls to end exploitation and increase equality. But tensions marred some celebrations, with police arresting demonstrators in Kyrgyzstan and separatists detonating a bomb in Cameroon.
Kyrgyz policemen detain an activist of the Femen women's rights movement at Victory Square during celebration of the International Women's Day in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Sunday, March 8, 2020.
“In many different ways or forms, women are being exploited and taken advantage of,” Arlene Brosas, the representative of a Filipino advocacy group said during a rally that drew hundreds to the area near the presidential palace. Protesters called for higher pay and job security, and demanded that President Rodrigo Duterte respect women’s rights.
One of the largest demonstrations occurred in Chile, where crowds thousands flooded the streets of the capital with dancing, music and angry demands for gender equality and an end to violence against women.National police estimated 125,000 took part in the capital and nearly 35,000 in other cities, but organizers said the crowds were far larger.
A massive banner reading, “With rights, without barriers. Feminists without frontiers” in Spanish was carried at the front of the march in the capital.
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