translated from Spanish: Hundreds of thousands of women came out to protest in Spain in the women’s day

photography/Twitter @AgoneyftSabela Spain-the streets of Spain, were dyed purple with a “feminist strike” and mass demonstrations on the occasion of the international day of the Woman. Demonstrations were conducted in many cities of the country now that the cause became political battle a few weeks before the April 28 legislative elections.
More than 350,000 people in Madrid, 200,000 at Barcelona, tens of thousands in major cities such as Valencia, Bilbao or Seville… Rivers of people attended hundreds of marches convened at the end of a day of strike and sit-ins which, according to the Trade Union UGT, followed by 6 million people.
Convened under the slogan “If we, the world stops”, protests are mainly noticed at the University but also in health care, media or politics.
In the Northern Basque region, the regional Parliament had to suspend the session for lack of quorum in the generalized absence of their members.
And participated in the March in Madrid, Carmen Calvo Government Vice-President and other members of the Executive of Pedro Sánchez, formed by a majority of women.
Demanding real equality, especially at the working level, and protesting against violence against women, a multitude of women but also men toured the Paseo del Prado and the Gran Via, two emblematic streets of the Spanish capital.
Source: Trade

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