Marches will always contain their place in the fight for equality. But increasingly women around the world are finding innovative methods of making their voices heard. On International Women’s Day,here are a few of themGreen, white and purple sashes, and powerful placards and large-scale marches – these are the hallmarks of feminist protest from days gone by. But while the suffragettes,and other activists, might contain firmly etched such images on the public consciousness, or a new wave of protesters are taking up the fight in inventive and surprising ways.
Marches are still necessary – and effective – of course,but with protests that dont always involve rallies or banners, women around the world are also finding their own unique ways of making their point.
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Source: theguardian.com