{"id":2411426,"date":"2025-03-08T15:02:56","date_gmt":"2025-03-08T20:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/protesters-on-international-womens-day-demand-equal-rights-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-08T15:04:51","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T20:04:51","slug":"protesters-on-international-womens-day-demand-equal-rights-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/protesters-on-international-womens-day-demand-equal-rights-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Protesters on International Women\u2019s Day demand equal rights &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fprotesters-on-international-womens-day-demand-equal-rights-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2411426&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>On International Women&#8217;s Day, women\u200c across various regions, including Europe, Africa, and South America,\u200c gathered \u2062for protests advocating for \u2063equality\u2064 and an\u200d end to \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/weekend-media-wrap-vol-7-what-you-missed-if-you-werent-glued-to-the-sunday-shows\/\" title=\"Weekend Media Recap: Catch Up on Sun... Shows Highlights\">gender-based\u200c violence<\/a> \u2063and discrimination. In Istanbul,\u200c Turkey, a \u200dvibrant\u200c rally took place in\u2062 Kadikoy, with <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">police presence evident<\/a> \u200das participants expressed \u200ctheir concerns over perceived governmental repression\u2063 of\u200b women&#8217;s rights, especially following \u2063the withdrawal from \u200cthe Istanbul Convention, \u200bwhich\u2064 aimed to protect women \u200dfrom \u200bdomestic\u200c violence. \u200bProtesters \u200dcarried banners rejecting traditional views of women&#8217;s roles in family and society.<\/p>\n<p>Demonstrations were mirrored in\u2062 other European countries, where \u2062women campaigned for better access to\u2063 healthcare, \u200dequal pay, \u200dand against social \u2062inequalities.In places like Poland,women opened a center\u200b for abortions,presenting a challenge \u200cto restrictive laws. Across cities, activists highlighted cases of sexual violence, including parallels with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-will-hear-boston-marathon-bomber-execution-case\/\" title=\"Supreme Court Will Hear Boston Marathon Bomber Execution Case\">high-profile cases<\/a>, \u200cemphasizing\u2064 solidarity\u200c against patriarchal norms.<\/p>\n<p>In South America, thousands protested femicides, chanting for justice for victims. The marches emphasized the \u2063urgent need to \u200baddress violence \u200dagainst\u200b women and uphold their rights\u200c in societies plagued\u200d by discrimination and violence.\u2063 the collective\u200b momentum of these\u2062 protests\u200d reflects a global demand for\u200b women&#8217;s rights,equality,and safety.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Protesters on International Women&rsquo;s Day demand equal rights, end to discrimination, sexual violence<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2031875\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>ISTANBUL (AP) &mdash;<\/strong> Women took to the streets of cities across Europe, Africa, South America and elsewhere to mark&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/international-womens-day-march-protest-f3d414a859b2b2548c7423735a4f645f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">International Women&rsquo;s Day<\/a>&nbsp;with demands for ending inequality and gender-based violence.<\/p>\n<p>On the Asian side of Turkey&rsquo;s biggest city Istanbul, a rally in Kadikoy saw members of dozens of women&rsquo;s groups listen to speeches, dance and sing in the spring sunshine. The colorful protest was overseen by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-capitol-police-officers-injured-complex-placed-on-lockdown-after-car-smashes-into-barricade-suspect-in-custody\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Capitol Police Officers Injured, Complex Placed On Lockdown After Car Smashes Into Barricade; Suspect In Custody\">large police presence<\/a>, including officers in riot gear and a water cannon truck.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3341579\/trump-student-loan-illegal-immigration-dei-protests\/\">Trump blocks student loan aid for people tied to illegal immigration, DEI, protests<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3341584\/house-gop-drops-clean-spending-bill-with-trump-blessing\/\">House GOP drops clean spending bill with Trump&#8217;s blessing days before government shutdown<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3341551\/north-korea-announces-nuclear-submarine\/\">North Korea announces it is building a nuclear submarine<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/daily-memo\/3339291\/hunter-biden-business-goes-bust-book-art-sales\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FOR HUNTER, THE BIDEN BUSINESS GOES BUST<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared 2025 the Year of the Family. Protestors pushed back against the idea of women&rsquo;s role being confined to marriage and motherhood, carrying banners reading &ldquo;Family will not bind us to life&rdquo; and &ldquo;We will not be sacrificed to the family.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Critics have accused the government of overseeing restrictions on women&rsquo;s rights and not doing enough to tackle violence against women.<\/p>\n<p>Erdogan in 2021&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/world-news-turkey-europe-istanbul-violence-f096c185314cde20dce2504a70ee6889\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">withdrew Turkey from a European treaty<\/a>, dubbed the Istanbul Convention, that protects women from domestic violence. Turkey&rsquo;s We Will Stop Femicides Platform says 394 women were killed by men in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There is bullying at work, pressure from husbands and fathers at home and pressure from patriarchal society. We demand that this pressure be reduced even further,&rdquo; Yaz Gulgun, 52, said.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Women across Europe and Africa march against discrimination<\/h2>\n<p>In many other European countries, women also protested against violence, for better access to gender-specific health care, equal pay and other issues in which they don&rsquo;t get the same treatment as men.<\/p>\n<p>In Poland, activists opened a center across from the parliament building in Warsaw where&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/poland-abortion-1325dfd089252dfab2ccef3525341dde\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">women can go to have abortions with pills,<\/a>&nbsp;either alone or with other women.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3228342\/department-of-government-efficiency-what-to-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WHAT IS DOGE? WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Opening the center on International Women&rsquo;s Day across from the legislature was a symbolic challenge to authorities in the traditionally Roman Catholic nation, which has one of Europe&rsquo;s most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/celebrities-outraged-pro-life-legislation-stands-in-texas-we-will-boycott-you\/\" title=\"Celebrities Outraged Pro-Life Legislation Stands In Texas: \u2018We Will Boycott You\u2019\">restrictive abortion laws<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>From Athens to Madrid, Paris, Munich, Zurich and Belgrade and in many more cities across the continent, women marched to demand an end to treatment as second-class citizens in society, politics, family and at work.<\/p>\n<p>In Madrid, protesters held up big hand-drawn pictures depicting Gisele P&eacute;licot,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trial-rape-drug-france-husband-wife-5ad00446b8a76f0c8d14f349df9147e3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">the woman who was drugged<\/a>&nbsp;by her now&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/france-gisele-pelicot-rape-trial-verdicts-2b25791099f785fabb3c46123d30d9f9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">ex-husband in France<\/a>&nbsp;over the course of a decade so that she could be raped by dozens of men while unconscious. P&eacute;licot has become a symbol for women all over Europe in the fight against sexual violence.<\/p>\n<p>In the Nigerian capital of Lagos, thousands of women gathered at the Mobolaji Johnson Stadium, dancing and signing and celebrating their womanhood. Many were dressed in purple &mdash; the traditional color of the women&rsquo;s liberation movement.<\/p>\n<p>In Russia, the women&rsquo;s day celebrations had a more official tone, with honor guard soldiers presenting yellow tulips to girls and women during a celebration in St. Petersburg.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Germany&rsquo;s president warns of backlash against progress already made<\/h2>\n<p>In Berlin, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier called for stronger efforts to achieve equality and warned against tendencies to roll back progress already made.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Globally, we are seeing populist parties trying to create the impression that equality is something like a fixed idea of progressive forces,&rdquo; he said. He gave an example of &rdquo;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/meta-facebook-hate-speech-trump-immigrant-transgender-41191638cd7c720b950c05f9395a2b49\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">large tech companies<\/a>&nbsp;that have long prided themselves on their modernity and are now, at the behest of a new American administration, setting up diversity programs and raving about a new &lsquo;masculine energy&rsquo; in companies and society.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3322635\/experts-warn-trump-foreign-aid-pivot-boon-china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EXPERTS WARN THAT TRUMP&rsquo;S FOREIGN AID PIVOT COULD BE A BOON FOR CHINA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Marchers in South America denounce femicides<\/h2>\n<p>In South America, some of the marches were organized by groups protesting the killings of women known as femicides.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of women in Ecuador marched through the streets of Quito to steady drumbeats and held signs that opposed violence and the &ldquo;patriarchal system.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3292730\/all-executive-orders-actions-trump-first-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FULL LIST OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS, ACTIONS, AND PROCLAMATIONS TRUMP HAS MADE AS PRESIDENT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Justice for our daughters!&rdquo; some demonstrators yelled in support of women slain in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>In Bolivia, thousands of women began marching late Friday, with some scrawling graffiti on the walls of courthouses demanding that their rights be respected and denouncing impunity in femicides, with less than half of those cases reaching a sentencing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2031875\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2031875\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Protesters worldwide demand equal rights and an end to violence on International Women\u2019s Day<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":2411427,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/international-womens-day-germany.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[6017,34911,4542,51786],"class_list":["post-2411426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-advocacy","tag-equal-rights","tag-protest","tag-womens-day"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/international-womens-day-germany.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2411426"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2411430,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411426\/revisions\/2411430"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2411427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2411426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2411426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2411426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}