POLICY

28S: women and diversities march for their rights to Congress

On the Global Day of Action for Access to Legal, Safe and Free Abortion, independent and organized activists took to the streets "for dignified lives, against the right, adjustment and the International Monetary Fund."

  • 03/10/2023 • 20:37

Thousands of women, diversities, independent and organized activists marched this Thursday afternoon from Plaza de Mayo to Congress in defense of "safe and free abortion, for ESI and for dignified lives", "against the rights, adjustment and International Monetary Fund (IMF)", under the cry "freedom is ours". Within the framework of the Global Day of Action for Access to Legal and Safe Abortion, the mobilization called at 4 p.m. with replicas in the provinces, was carried out based on an assembly process carried out after the results of the primary elections on August 13. Testimonials Cecilia Vélez (34), from the City of Buenos Aires, who works at the National Genetic Data Bank, and participates in the march with a friend for the first time, said she is afraid "of what could happen if (Javier) Milei wins with women, with the rights of people in general, abortion, and everything related to memory. Manu, 7 years old, with a sign that says “Freedom means that education continues to be secular, public, free and of quality,” said that he asked his mother to participate in the march because he studied in a public school and he does not want “ “Take Pakapaka from him.”