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Protestors march during the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women in Paris, France, November 23, 2024
THOUSANDS of protesters took to the streets of Paris and other French cities on Saturday against femicide and sexual violence.
In Paris, large crowds of women and men marched waving purple placards that denounced gender-based violence and defended women’s reproductive rights.
The march expressed solidarity for Gisele Pelicot. The harrowing trial of her ex-husband and dozens of other men being prosecuted for rapes while she was drugged and unconscious has stoked anger about sexual violence in France.
Gisele Pelicot said ‘shame must change sides.’ We may think we agree, but, argues LOUISE RAW, society still has some way to go
Comments from Matt Goodwin and Danny Kruger expose a reactionary vision in which falling birth rates are blamed on women, says JUDITH CAZORLA
Half a century after transformative laws reshaped Britain, women’s rights are again contested. This International Women’s Day is a call to remember how change was won, and to organise to defend it, says KATE RAMSDEN
