On Sunday afternoon at 2pm, the International Women’s Day platform (JIF) traditionally calls for its feminist march to mark International Women’s Day.
The march will begin on Place de Paris in Luxembourg City. This year, the central demand focuses on health and gender inequalities in that field. According to the JIF, women are more frequently affected by precarious living conditions, physically demanding work, career interruptions, and violence, which can have a significant impact on both physical and mental health. The organisation therefore argues that universal and free access to healthcare should be guaranteed for everyone.
Among its other demands, the JIF calls for greater recognition of women-specific conditions such as endometriosis, as well as the introduction of specific leave for chronic illnesses. It also stresses that medical research and training should incorporate a gender perspective, noting that many medicines are still primarily tested on men.
The organisation is further calling for the creation of an independent commission to monitor cases of gynaecological violence and follow up on complaints. In addition, it wants the legal time limit for abortion, which was enshrined this week as a constitutional freedom, to be extended from 12 to 14 weeks.
