ahlam1399
03-09-2018, 05:34 PM
PARIS: Countries around the world mobilised Thursday for International Women?s Day with Spaniards on an unprecedented strike, France threatening to ?name and shame? firms that pay women less and Iraqi women running a shortened ?marathon?.
The #MeToo and #Timesup campaigns that went global with allegations of sexual misconduct in Hollywood galvanised this year?s celebrations amid surging demand from women for respect and equality.
Hundreds of trains were cancelled in Spain over the work stoppage and countless protests in defence of women?s rights.Ten unions demanded gender equality as the strike sought to emulate Iceland?s 1975 work stoppage, when women took a day off to demonstrate their vital contribution to the economy and society.
Some 5.3 million people joined a two-hour strike, the unions said, including star television and radio presenters.In Paris, President Emmanuel Macron pledged to ?name and shame? companies that pay women less than men for the same work.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel put out a video saying women should not rest on their laurels.?The fight for equal rights continues,? she said. Much remained to be done ?so that women have the same rights as well as the same duties as men... we will get there.?In Iraq?s second city Mosul, 300 women ran a symbolic marathon of 900 metres down the main street.
?With this marathon we want to give women their place back after being kept at a distance for a long time,? said organiser Fatima Khalaf.In Cairo, the Egyptian museum put on display three artefacts to highlight the role of women in antiquity. They include a red stone head of Nefertiti, the queen who held a key political and religious role alongside her husband the Pharaoh Akhenaten 3,300 years ago.In modern times, British women are still knocking down bastions of male privilege with the opening of their own private members? clubs.Prince Harry and Meghan Markle celebrated the day by encouraging young female students to pursue careers in subjects such as science and maths.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/World-TheNewsInternational/~4/xmX3ywj9o1w
أكثر... (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/World-TheNewsInternational/~3/xmX3ywj9o1w/290171-world-marks-women-s-day-hot-on-heels-of-rights-demands)
The #MeToo and #Timesup campaigns that went global with allegations of sexual misconduct in Hollywood galvanised this year?s celebrations amid surging demand from women for respect and equality.
Hundreds of trains were cancelled in Spain over the work stoppage and countless protests in defence of women?s rights.Ten unions demanded gender equality as the strike sought to emulate Iceland?s 1975 work stoppage, when women took a day off to demonstrate their vital contribution to the economy and society.
Some 5.3 million people joined a two-hour strike, the unions said, including star television and radio presenters.In Paris, President Emmanuel Macron pledged to ?name and shame? companies that pay women less than men for the same work.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel put out a video saying women should not rest on their laurels.?The fight for equal rights continues,? she said. Much remained to be done ?so that women have the same rights as well as the same duties as men... we will get there.?In Iraq?s second city Mosul, 300 women ran a symbolic marathon of 900 metres down the main street.
?With this marathon we want to give women their place back after being kept at a distance for a long time,? said organiser Fatima Khalaf.In Cairo, the Egyptian museum put on display three artefacts to highlight the role of women in antiquity. They include a red stone head of Nefertiti, the queen who held a key political and religious role alongside her husband the Pharaoh Akhenaten 3,300 years ago.In modern times, British women are still knocking down bastions of male privilege with the opening of their own private members? clubs.Prince Harry and Meghan Markle celebrated the day by encouraging young female students to pursue careers in subjects such as science and maths.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/World-TheNewsInternational/~4/xmX3ywj9o1w
أكثر... (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/World-TheNewsInternational/~3/xmX3ywj9o1w/290171-world-marks-women-s-day-hot-on-heels-of-rights-demands)