Hundreds of thousands of protesters commemorate International Women's Day
Hundreds of thousands of women participated in rallies around the world on Saturday to commemorate International Women’s Day and advocate for equality and the end of gender-based violence.
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Hundreds of thousands of women participated in rallies around the world on Saturday to commemorate International Women’s Day and advocate for equality and the end of gender-based violence.
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00:00Hundreds of thousands of women rallied in cities across the globe to commemorate International
00:06Women's Day.
00:08In the European capital, Brussels, thousands marched to warn against what organizers of
00:12the rally called a worrying regression in women's rights.
00:17Protesters argued that the rise of the right wing in Europe threatens to impede on and
00:20limit women's freedoms in areas like abortion.
00:23In Rome, protesters demanded an end to gender-based violence.
00:28Protesters danced, held banners and placards, as they marched through the Italian capital's
00:32city center.
00:33They also waved bunches of keys in their hands to highlight the fact that much of the violence
00:37against women takes place within the home.
00:40Protesters also took to the streets of the Greek capital, Athens, where activists demanded
00:44an end to discrimination and pay inequality.
00:48They also carried a large Palestinian flag and called for the protection of Palestinian
00:52women's rights, who've been enduring the hardships of war in the ongoing conflict between
00:56Israel and Hamas.