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Thousands march for women's rights and against Mideast war
Demonstrators across Europe and Latin America linked feminism with anti-imperialist messages, denouncing gender-based violence and war in over 150 cities, organizers said.
- On Sunday, thousands marched from Rio to cities across France and Spain to demand women's rights and call for an end to the Middle East war.
- Demonstrators denounced gender-based violence, saying women are killed for being women, and linked those demands to opposition to recent US-Israeli strikes and the Middle East war.
- Madrid hosted two concurrent demonstrations while Yolanda Díaz, Spain's second deputy prime minister, spoke against the Middle East war, and Gisele Pelicot, rape survivor and march leader in Paris, joined calls to end sexual violence.
- The rallies amplified survivors' voices and pushed gender-based violence onto public agendas, while Spain's refusal to allow use of its military bases drew US administration ire last week.
- Pelicot became a global symbol after waiving her right to anonymity during the 2024 trial, while Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said, 'When one woman advances, we all advance.
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'We won’t give up': Thousands march for women's rights and against Mideast war
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