We're getting poorer. Increases are added to the high taxes on food, bills, hygiene, health, all necessities. The economic crisis is a multi-fold burden on the lives of us women. Sometimes we become the nurse; other times, we are the teachers, then we are given the task of dealing with the epidemic. The unpaid care that makes life possible for humanity is all on our shoulders, but we're drowning.
Call from Batıkent women to March 8: “May March 8th live against violence, crisis, and poverty”
Women from Batıkent in Ankara called for the March 8 actions of the Ankara Women’s Platform in Batıkent Plaza.
Women from Batıkent in Ankara called for the March 8th Women’s Day rallies and demonstrations of the Ankara Women’s Platform in Batıkent Plaza. In a press release, the women danced to the songs and touched on the historical background of March 8.
Women at the rally accused the government’s policies of impoverishing women the most.
We’re getting poorer. Increases are added to the high taxes on food, bills, hygiene, health, all necessities. The economic crisis is a multi-fold burden on the lives of us women. Sometimes we become the nurse; other times, we are the teachers, then we are given the task of dealing with the epidemic. The unpaid care that makes life possible for humanity is all on our shoulders, but we’re drowning. However, we’re not abandoning each other. We are here to grow our solidarity against the economic crisis and protect our unseen labor.
In Migros, Farplas, and various warehouses, there was also the war on women’s agenda. At the end of her statement, the speaker closed with, “In the conditions of war, women and children are the most targeted. They are subjected to all forms of violence, seen as the material of sexist rhetoric. We women defend peace against war!” This was an invitation rally to call for a gathering tomorrow at 3 p.m.
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