Today is International Women's Day, a date Latin American feminists have turned into a strike day in recent years to draw attention to gender violence -- physical, social and economic -- in the region. Argentina's Ni Una Menos movement started the trend in 2016, and around Latin America the date has shifted from saccharine celebrations of "womanhood" to massive protests against femicides and in favor of abortion.
Women's Day in the Pandemic (March 8, 2021)
Women's Day in the Pandemic (March 8, 2021)
Women's Day in the Pandemic (March 8, 2021)
Today is International Women's Day, a date Latin American feminists have turned into a strike day in recent years to draw attention to gender violence -- physical, social and economic -- in the region. Argentina's Ni Una Menos movement started the trend in 2016, and around Latin America the date has shifted from saccharine celebrations of "womanhood" to massive protests against femicides and in favor of abortion.