Thousands march in Berlin to mark International Women's day

Record ID: 1462571

  • Title: Thousands march in Berlin to mark International Women's day
  • Date: 8th March 2020
  • Summary: BERLIN, GERMANY (MARCH 8, 2020) (REUTERS) WOMEN MARCHING THROUGH BERLIN CITY WITH BANNER READING (German): "MARCH 8 IS WOMEN'S DAY OF ACTION" VARIOUS OF PEOPLE MARCHING THROUGH STREETS PROTESTERS HOLDING BANNER READING (German): "EMANCIPATION IS CLASS STRUGGLE - ABORT THE PATRIARCHY" VARIOUS OF PEOPLE MARCHING (SOUNDBITE) (German) PROTESTER, ANNETT (SURNAME NOT GIVEN), SAYING: "Be brave, unite as we can achieve a lot together and hopefully stop violence against women as well as killing of women. Also men can be feminists, just take with us to the streets, if possible 365 days a year." (SOUNDBITE) (German) PROTESTER, LUISE (SURNAME NOT GIVEN), SAYING: "I wanted to scream out loud together with all these women and let out all my anger, disappointment and frustration." PROTESTER LUISE HOLDING SIGN READING (English): 'THIS IS OUR PERIOD' AND WALKING AWAY WITH FRIEND VARIOUS OF WOMEN'S DAY MARCH ONGOING
  • Embargoed: 22nd March 2020 16:53
  • Keywords: Berlin Germany International Women's Day march women's rights
  • Location: BERLIN, GERMANY
  • City: BERLIN, GERMANY
  • Country: Germany
  • Topics: Society/Social Issues
  • Reuters ID: LVA001C46YWQV
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Thousands of people took to the streets of Berlin on Sunday (March 8) to mark International Women's Day, protesting against violence and abuse of women and calling for more gender equality.
    Protester Annett called for women to be brave and unite in order to achieve an improvement. She also turned to the men, saying: "Also men can be feminists, just take with us to the streets, if possible 365 days a year."
    German Chancellor Angela Merkel said during her weekly video podcast on Saturday (March 7) that Germany had to do more to improve gender equality.
    She underlined that enforcing equality would still remain an issue in Germany with a notable gap between working man and women. There was also work to be done in order to fill leading positions in politics and business with women, she said.
    (Production: Martin Schlicht, Swantje Stein, Ulrike Heil)
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