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The demonstrations for March 8 (8M), International Women’s Day, begin this Wednesday in Mexico City and other parts of the country.
In the capital, various feminist collectives and organized women called for rallies in different parts of the city center from 1:00 p.m. and until 4:00 p.m.when the biggest march officially begins.
From early in the morning, women, girls and adolescents gather in spaces such as the Monument to the Revolution, the Glorieta de las Mujeres que Chancan (former roundabout of Colón) and El Caballito de Reforma to leave for the Antimonumenta, located in front of Bellas Artes , or towards the Zócalo, where metal fences surround the National Palace.
Starting points in CDMX
- LLECA – Listening to the Street. The collective for care of women and people of diversity will realize appointment at 1:30 p.m., next to the Plaza de la República Metrobús station. It is detailed that they will wear purple scarves.
- CDMX insurance contingent. It is detailed that it will be a safe space for diverse women, especially if they are trans-inclusive. The appointment is at 2:30 p.m., next to the roundabout of the Women who Fight, to leave at 16:00 towards the Zócalo of the capital.
- The saxophonist María Elena Ríos called for the concentration “The sound of resistance”, under the motto “No more acid”. The appointment is at the Monument to the Revolution at 2:30 p.m.
- Breaking the MX Rule summons a menstrual contingent, to promote themes related to conscious menstruation. The appointment is at 3:00 p.m. in front of the Caballito (Banorte), to make posters in the place.
- Wrestlers and other collectives announced that they will gather from 3:30 pm in the Glorieta of the Women who Fight. In addition, she invites a meeting in Jardín Juárez, at 5:00 p.m., called “Bordado de Mujeres”. There will be concerts, workshops and dancing.
March of the 8M
- 18:05: Due to the passage of contingents, the road closure is maintained in both directions of Paseo de la Reforma at the height of the Seville Metro.
- 5:59 p.m.: María Elena Ríos, saxophonist and activist who was attacked with acid in 2019, marches with hundreds of women in CDMX.
- 5:50 p.m.: The traffic block in Guerrero is maintained at the height of Axis 1 North to South by marchers on Paseo de la Reforma
- 5:42 p.m.: Monument to the Revolution, Angel of Independence and Monument to the Women who Fight are points where hundreds of women advanced to concentrate on 5 de Mayo avenue towards the capital’s Zócalo.
- 5:36 p.m.: In this regard, the official points out that this week the filling of fire extinguishers was supervised and “they only wear protective equipment.”
- 5:33 p.m.: The Undersecretary for Institutional Development of the Citizen Security Secretariat, Marcela Figueroa, announces that women members of the march do not use tear gas.
- 5:21 p.m.: At the height of Juárez and Balderas, the passage of women continues towards the Zócalo of Mexico City.
- 5:20 p.m.: Throughout the march, the Marabunta Brigade has helped protesters with eye damage from the powder thrown by the authorities.
- 5:18 p.m.: SSC reports that “Circulation on Eje 2 Poniente between Puebla street and Paseo de la Reforma is restored, after the passage of protesters.”
- 17:17: SSC informs that “Circulation blockage is removed in Río Rhin at the height of Río Lerma, after the passage of protesters.”
- 5:10 p.m.: Demonstrators wait seated in the Zócalo for the arrival of the rest of the contingents. It is reported to be 50 percent full.
- 5:00 p.m.: SSC informs that “circulation blockage is removed on Av. Paseo de la Reforma at the height of Circuito Interior al Oriente and it is traveled at the height of Liège in central and lateral lanes at the height of Toledo.”
- 4:56 p.m.: The Zócalo in Mexico City is almost full in the absence of dozens of contingents and groups, who still walk through Reforma and Juárez.
Women demand a ‘stop’ to discrimination against minorities
EFE
Thousands of women who represent minorities and historically discriminated groups asked this Wednesday to stop relegating them and protested against the violence they suffer during the demonstrations for International Women’s Day in various parts of Mexico City.
From the iconic Glorieta de las Mujeres que Chancan, for the first time, cancer patients joined as a contingent to be part of the 8M march.
“Remind them (feminists) that we are part of the movement, that we are women just like them, cancer patients 365 days a year, I think it is important to get out of the month of October where there is constant re-victimization,” said Sandra Monroy, a survivor of cancer and founder of the “Fuck you cancer” movement in Mexico.
The women protested against all types of violence that they have to face, because in addition to sexist violence, they said, they must face medical violence, the lack of timely services in diagnosis and treatment, which prevents them from accessing the basic right to health. .
To all this, they affirmed, is added the medical and aesthetic violence, since they face the constant signaling of the disease and what it leaves behind.
- 4:52 p.m.: With urban music, contingents walk through 5 de Mayo singing slogans and demanding for all the women of Latin America.
- 4:46 p.m.: The Secretary of Citizen Security informs the closure of the side and central lanes of Calz. Gral. Ignacio Zaragoza at the height of Av. Guelatao to the West, by protesters.
- 4:41 p.m.: In blocks, protesters carry a pole and push it against the fence of the National Palace to break the contention.
- 4:40 p.m.: With dances and capoeira, women demonstrate in the Zócalo, on the opposite side of the National Palace.
- 4:39 p.m.: Demonstrators dance and with the slogan “it is going to fall” they fill Eje Central with music, at the height of the Palace of Fine Arts.
- 16:38: Women protesters report that the chemical powder thrown by the police stings their noses and eyes.
- 16:34: Fires are reported on billboards, banners and a traffic light. The arrival of various contingents to the Zócalo is still expected.
- 4:30 p.m.: Women kneel with their fists in the air in the Zócalo of the capital as a sign of respect and silence for the search for the disappeared.
- 4:30 p.m.: In Paseo de la Reforma, the demonstration continues peacefully.
- 4:26 p.m.: Gas is reported coming out of the fences of the National Palace, as well as security elements attending to people who need it.
- 4:20 p.m.: “It will not fall, we are going to throw it away,” say the protesters who broke fences and are now facing police in the Zócalo.
- 4:19 p.m.: Protesters try to tear down fences, while police try to stop them.
- 4:03 p.m.: Contingent of the Black Bloc hits government fences to protect the National Palace.
- 15:20. The contingent advances and leaves the Glorieta de las Mujeres que Lucha. are integrated syndicated of women.
- 15: 23. On Avenida Juárez, the contingent manifests itself peaceful way, but it is reported that a group of women dressed in black carried out destruction. It is detailed that there are very few women in the black block.
- 3:30 p.m. Women of all ages march and join the cry for justice. Mothers arrive with their young children.
- 15:33. The capital authorities seek to contain the women with the help of dry chemical powder.
- 3:35 p.m. At the entrance to the Plaza de la Constitución, the collectives and women continue to join the march. They demand justice, live without fear and feel safe in Mexico.
- 15:37. A contingent is reported coming from Ecatepec, with different causes and encounters.
- 15:38. There are elements of the Mexico City Human Rights Commission.
- 3:40 p.m. Outside the National Palace, it is reported that the young women dressed in black continue to demonstrate despite the authorities throwing dry chemical powder at them.
- 3:40 p.m. The women in black hit the black fences that shielded the National Palace. They set fire to a piece of cloth.
- 15:56. Women march against discrimination and violence for having a disability.
