Protests and celebrations are planned for all over the world on Friday to mark International Women's Day. The Luxembourgish organisation JIF (Journée Internationale des Femmes) has also called for solidarity with all the women striking all over the world.
At midday, there will be a solidarity march planned to go through Luxembourg City. The platform for action will address its demands to the European Union as well as Luxembourg in light of the upcoming European elections. Women remain underrepresented in European elections, JIF explains. The organisation highlighted that this issue affects Luxembourg as well.
The platform explained the significance of the gender disparity, stressing that half of the population is not adequately represented in those institutions which make decisions for the country. The platform has called for women to be more included in political decisions as well as a political strategy which will look to further increase gender equality.
A further demand is for the EU to name a commissioner to exclusively ensure that gender equality remains respected in EU member states. Finally, the platform called for an end to violence against women and female financial dependency on men.
The march assembled in front of the train station in Luxembourg at 12pm. The symbolic colour for the day is purple, in a nod to suffragette flags. The organisers also organised a flash mob and asked participants to bring brooms along.
A march in Berlin is expected to have around 10,000 participants marching for equality. Berlin is the only federal state in Germany to declare 8 March a legal holiday.
FOTOGALERIE: Andréck vun der Manifestatioun an der Stad vum Nadine Gautier an Domingos Oliveira.
