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“We are women of peace, let us say emphatically ‘no to war'”, claims the Secretary of State for Equality
Since the “feminism is a pacifist and has claimed in many contexts to stop the violence“, the demonstrations on the occasion of March 8, International Women’s Daythey have to be a new ‘not to the war‘, as claimed this Friday by the Secretary of State for Equality, Angela Rodriguezin the presentation of the campaign of the Ministry of Equality around 8-M.
The Government or the Ministry will not attend the demonstrations in a unitary manner and with a banner, but rather their members traditionally participate in the marches through the political parties. The Minister for Equality, Irene Montero, will therefore attend the central demonstration in Madrid, the one traditionally organized by the Commission 8-M, accompanied by other leaders of United We Can. And there will be delegations from the PSOE, Ciudadanos, unions, etc.
Rodríguez has not revealed whether his political party will come with any specific banner, but he has encouraged that, as the women are “people of peace”, in the marches and acts on the occasion of 8-M it is said with “emphasis on ‘no to war'”. “We cannot be impassive to what is happening and the citizens will say emphatically ‘no to war’, has riveted
Likewise, he has requested that when Spain welcomes refugees that they flee from the war put on “purple glasses” and mechanisms are “deployed” “with a view from feminism” given that most of the people who flee from the conflict are women and children.
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On the other hand, the Secretary of State has downplayed the importance of convening in Madrid a demonstration against government policies and which will take place on the sidelines of the march organized by the 8-M Commission. The Madrid Feminist Movement has convened a side event to “emphasize the authentic feminist agenda”, show its rejection of the ‘trans law’ and defend the abolitionism of prostitution. The 8-M Commission, on the other hand, does not claim policies against prostitution because there is no unified position within feminism and there are currents in favor of regulation, in order to improve the working conditions of prostitutes.
Rodríguez has underlined that “it had been many years since there had been such a marked feminist agenda on the part of a government”, with laws such as the ‘law yes is yes’, the Corresponsables Plan to facilitate conciliation and the intention of reform the abortion law to amplify sexual and reproductive rights. “That there are many demonstrations in Spain, the only thing he talks about is the good shape feminism is in,” she concluded about the demonstration against the Executive in Madrid.