Women's Strike on March 9: What Participants Risk – and What Is Legally Permitted
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Several organizations call on women to lay down their work on March 9. But political strikes are not allowed in Germany. Do creative forms of protest act as an alternative?
On Monday (09.03.2026) women want to strike. But those who simply do not appear at work in Germany risk warning or dismissal. The trigger for the protest in Germany: a remark by Friedrich Merz about "daughters".
"Ask your daughters – a sentence by Friedrich Merz became the ignition line of a movement. On March 9th, a strike is planned. But what is legally permitted, what is risky? A look at the fine print.
"If woman wants, everything stands still": in times of gender-political backlash feminists are putting on the historically proven women's strike. Austria is to be paralyzed next year
On 8 March, the International Feminist Fighting Day will be held. For Monday, 9 March, the group "Enough" calls for a women's strike day in Leipzig – in protest against the systematic devaluation of women*, unpaid care work, femicides and male dominance structures. The initiative thus joins a nationwide action. A conversation with the organisers Manuela-Lißina and Nadine. What [...] The post Enough is enough! General strike on 9 March against th…
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