This Sunday, March 8, is a day of protest. International Women’s Day is commemorated and there will be different mobilizations and rallies in the world.
In Mexico, the main avenues and squares of the different states of the country will be painted green, pink and purple to ask for the femicides and violence against women to stop.
Read: What is the origin of the national stoppage on March 9#UnDíaSinMujeres
Different groups have made calls that flag various causes, you can join one of them, or march together with your family or friends.
At CDMX
One of the largest marches in the country will depart at 2 pm from the Revolution Monument to the capital Zocalo. The concentration will start from 1:30.
The route will be as follows: You will depart from the Monument to the Revolution by Avenida de la República to Paseo de la Reforma, to take Avenida Juárez towards Eje Central Lázaro Cardenas, where a stop will be made right on the Antimonumenta, located in front of the Palace of Fine Arts.
Subsequently, the mobilization will be directed towards Plaza de la Constitución, on Calle 5 de Mayo, parallel to Madero Street.
Read: CDMX prepares 2,760 female police, dialogue groups and monument shelter for March 8 march
How will the march be divided?
The Feminist Assembly together and organized whether the march should be divided into contingents.
Contingent1: Headed by relatives of victims of femicide.
Contingent 2: Made up of moms who attend with their daughters and sons under 12 years of age.
Contingent 3: Made up of women.
Contingent 4: Political, social and popular organizations will participate.
Contingent 5: Integrated by people who want to march without a specific flag.
In the states
Women’s collectives in cities such as Guadalajara, Monterrey, Querétaro, Toluca and Tampico have also organized marches for that day.
Guadalajara
The meeting point will be in the University Square at 6 pm. The arrival point will be the Missing Persons Roundabout. From 11 a.m., there will be some thought-out activities on feminism.
Monterrey
Meeting point: Esplanade of Heroes
At what time? 3 p.m.
They will have cultural activities from 14:00 at the meeting point.
Queretaro
Meeting point: Constitution Square
At what time? 16:00 hours.
Hermosillo, Sonora
Meeting point: Unison Museum Stairs
At what time? 3:30 p.m.
Aguascalientes
Meeting point: Exedra
At what time? 22:00 hours on Saturday, March 7.
Activities in this state begin on the night of the previous day.
Tampico, Tamaulipas
Meeting point: Walmart Alijadores
At what time? 3:30 p.m.
State of Mexico
Women’s and collective groups organized to mobilize in municipalities of the State of Mexico, as in Ecatepec, one of the most violent areas for women in the country.
The mobilization will start from the Puente de Fierro or Casa de Morelos, at 9:00 in the morning and will walk towards the Municipal Palace.
The organizers ask that those who can bring flowers, crosses and wear black.
The other march will depart from Avenida Jardines de Morelos, corner with Central Avenue, heading to the Memorial, located in Playa Pie la Cuesta, at 12:00 hours.
The idea of this mobilization is not only to march, but also to perform various performances, poems, pints.
In Nezahualcóyotl, the mobilization will start from the “Coyote Rojo”, located at the intersection of Adolfo López Mateos and Pantitlán avenues, towards the Municipal Palace, at 10:30 in the morning.
In Satellite City there will be a “Peaceful Feminist Manifestation”, on the esplanade of the Satellite Towers, in Periférico Norte, at 12:30.
In Toluca there will be three #8M marches. The first will depart from the Benito Juárez Market, next to the Bus Terminal, at 13:00 hours, towards the Municipal Palace.
The second mobilization will be from the Justice Center for Women, in Paseo Matlatzincas street, at 14:30 hours, towards the National Palace, where a concentration will take place, in conjunction with the participants of the first march.
The third will be at 16:00 hours, from the Central Alameda to the Plaza de los Mártires for all the victims of femicide from all over the country.
Puebla
The appointment is 3 pm
Two meeting points: Hidalgo Market and Public Prosecutor’s Office.
Should I go of any color?
Attendees are being summoned to go purple because it represents the color of feminism.
You can also carry the green paliacate, as it is a color that have represented this movement in the demand of the decriminalization of abortion.
Collective Combative Resilience—a group of ITAM students—proposed that trans women join the #8M and wear a pink scarf as a community reference.
The important thing is the attendance, that the voice of the women is heard, so you can dress however you want.
Recommendations:
Some feminist groups have issued a number of recommendations to those who participate in the march:
-Wear clothes and shoes that you feel comfortable with.
-Prepare a small kit with bandages, Band-Aids and gauze.
-Carry a bottle full of water.
-Keep your phone with as much battery charge as you can, if possible, carry a rechargeable battery.
-Carry a well-kept ID between your belongings.
-Tell your family members that you will attend the demonstration.
-Don’t be separated from your group.
-If you don’t have someone to go with, join one of the contingents and try to locate people and be located as well.
-One of the characteristics of feminist marches is sorority, so do not hesitate that other groups open space and accompaniment.
-It is important that your companions know: data such as name, address, telephone number and even type of blood or medicines to which I was allergic.
-Try to learn the phone of an emergency contact.
-Take care of the companions who also manifest themost.
-Avoid uploading photos that expose the faces of the companions.
Security
The capital government will deploy 2,760 female police men from the Athena group to guard the March 8 march.
The Secretary of Government, Rosa Icela Rodríguez, reported that 55 capital firefighters and 90 elements of Civil Protection will also be deployed.
According to the civil servant, there will also be a dialogue and coexistence group that will attend and seek to resolve the conflicts that may be recorded during the mobilization. The group will be made up of women, who will wear an orange vest.
Here you can see the full program:
And the 9 Nobody Moves
March 9 will be the national stoppage. The idea of unemployment began among groups of feminists who proposed it on social networks and that was reversed when a collective from Veracruz formalized the call with an image.
The proposal is that women and girls do not attend their jobs, schools and not do purchases. With the #UnDíaSinMujeres, they also invited teachers and employers not to miss or discount the day for women to join.
Read: 9M: What to do when we stop? What to do when we can’t stop?
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