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To commemorate March 8, International Women's Day, in 2019 a General Strike will be called to, as in previous years, continue to vindicate the importance of women in the world.
The Head of the Women's Area of ​​the United Left of Sewer, Veronica Guerra, has stated that it also vindicates how vulnerable women are.
He also explained that the Strike wants to be visible in four areas: work, student, consumption and care.
"In the labor market, the wage gap between men and women is claimed.
Or what is the same: men earn more than women.
We also demand the payment of fairer pensions for women.
In the student field we demand a public, secular and feminist education.
In the axis of consumption, the most important thing is to let everyone know that women's products cost more than men's products.
As for the care of a house, the care of sick children or relatives, we denounce that the majority are carried out by women, thus leading to an extra work of hours without remuneration and without vacations or breaks. "Guerra also adds that the past 8 February was the kick-off to the strike feminist doing different activities to raise awareness and hope that all that work serves to repeat images as multitudinous as last year, which was a success and a turning point without return.
Likewise, the formation of the left calls for the end of machismo aggressions and violence and more education in the Primary and Secondary schools.
They have also reported that IU is carrying out various explanatory acts in the municipality of Alcantarilla, distribution of leaflets, posters of personal self-defense activities for women and a motion has been submitted to the plenary session in February to request the support of the municipal plenary session. call of the strike and facilitate the development of the same to the corporation.
With the 24-hour Feminist Strike the objective is to demonstrate that without us the world stops.
Source: Izquierda Unida-Verdes
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