CHILE: Massive Women’s Day march

In Chile, an unprecedented number of women – two million, according to the organisers – took to the streets on 8 March, keeping a focus on women’s equality in the context of the constitutional referendum alongside demands on legal abortion, GBV and workplace equality. A much-heard slogan was ‘Never again without us women’ (Nunca más sin nosotras), demanding that women have an equal voice in decision-making processes, starting with decisions on the constitution. In the capital, Santiago, police used water hoses and teargas to disperse crowds, but many protesters were ready with gasmasks.