Loulou, 32, is one of the organizers of the march. Since last September, she has demonstrated with the Feminist General Assembly of Paris-Banlieue and has established links with other feminist groups, in addition to her advocacy work for students with disabilities. Like us, she felt that on March 8th she would be taken over by people wanting to sell us stuff. So he is very happy to take part in this same-sex walk, which he considers “a little more radical and political. »
Call for a feminist strike for wage and domestic work
She explains to us: “We are also marching against the Darmanin law and against the pension reform. We call for a feminist strike for wage and domestic work. » And this, until the end of sexist and sexual violence, a decent pension for all, universal access to decent housing and the regularization of all undocumented migrants: “If we stop, the world stops. We want to re-evaluate women’s work and better distribute the burdens. We also fight against housing poverty and systemic racism. »
She remembers very well the first feminist demonstration that made her vibrate, in 2019. When she talks about it, her eyes start to shine: “We were several thousand, it was a real moment of sisterhood. Since then, I feel stronger and more alive. I don’t let myself be fooled anymore, I dare to listen to myself much more, to piss off the boys, to dress as I want…”
For his girl Anouck, this walk, it is also an opportunity for recover public space, for generally invisible people: women, LGBT+. We have all known the fear of coming home at night and being attacked…”
“People who are here tonight have very few safe spaces. So tonight, we are together, we are one”
“We are here to make a stir, be determined before the feminist strike and stand up for precarious and racialized people,” testifies Cha. Forward of the Les Dégommeuses football team, made up mainly of lesbians and transsexuals, with the aim of fighting against any discrimination, she adds: “People who are here tonight have very few safe spaces. So tonight, we are together, we are one”
Meanwhile, on the steps of the Opera, the speeches begin. The group of single mothers did the math: “For us, retirement at 60, 62 or 64 does not exist, we start at 67 at the latest […] We are less paid, more precarious, less landlords and our careers are chopped up. We refuse to be sacrificed on the altar of capitalism. We ask for retirement after 37.5 years of contributions. »
The Abya Yala feminist association – as the Kunas called the land of their ancestors, present-day Panama – denounces feminicides. In case you haven’t followed this gruesome tally, in France, since the beginning of the year, 29 women have been fatally shot by their spouse or ex-spouse.
Adèle Haenel calls to “set fire”
The Mamama association, which helps single mothers in Île-de-France, recalls being threatened with expulsion, in Saint-Denis, as well as the anarcho-feminist squat of La Baudrière, in Montreuil. An anti-racist collective denounces police violence. Another, Iranian, recalls the demonstrations that followed the death of Jina Mahsa Amini after a police arrest. And Adèle Haenel still has so much charisma when she calls to support the movement and for ” set on fire “.
After a fiery flashmob by the Rosies (a plural feminist movement that organizes creative initiatives to make the issue of women’s rights visible in social movements), the demonstrators set out on rue du 4 Septembre. Among the crowd, Anna, 28, discovers that walking at night, “It’s less recovered than March 8, more intersectional. And then, the non-mixed, also allows you to avoid the Bertrands, who are very nice to have cleaned the house last time! »
In truth, we don’t wish the Bertrands too badly, it’s just not their time. It is rather that of intoning a great:
-A-ha anti! Antipatriarchy!
OR :
-So-So-Solidarity! With women from all over the world!
Leyma, 11 years old: “I’m here to fight for others”
In the crowd, it’s the party. We hurt our buttocks just watching some of them move their hips not far from the Public Finance Center to the beat of reggaeton, but we think it’s great.
Some protesters came with their families. This is the case of Jessica, who is more than fed up: “Tired of being angry, tired of not being heard, tired of still having to demonstrate, it’s been too long! Let’s hear from you tonight! »
His 11-year-old daughter, Leyma, already participates regularly in demonstrations: “I’m here to fight for others. In a crowd you can shout, speak your mind and you can even dance! Don’t be afraid to come. »
A few Batucadas (musical genre with traditional Brazilian percussion whose rhythmic formulas make it a subgenre of samba) later, we have already arrived in front of the town hall. The organizers ask for a minute of silence, before repeating it on Thursday 9 March.
Source: Madmoizelle
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