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Women's Day Marches Sweep Spain and Latin America With 'Ni Un Paso Atrás' Calls

Protesters pressed for stronger protections against gender violence, fair pay, reproductive rights, with Argentine organizers targeting a newly sanctioned labor reform.

Overview

  • Thousands turned out across Spain, including about 3,000 in Córdoba and roughly 6,700 in Valladolid, for rallies emphasizing unity and resistance to rights rollbacks.
  • Manifests highlighted demands to end gender-based violence, close the pay gap, safeguard reproductive rights, build public care systems, and curb emerging digital abuses.
  • Asturias’ unified march revived antiwar chants and reaffirmed a pledge to not retreat on recently won protections, framing violence against women as structural and systemic.
  • In Argentina, Mar del Plata’s 8M focus was opposition to a recently approved labor reform that organizers describe as regressive for women and diversities, alongside calls to restore gender institutions.
  • Regional actions included Lima marches led by groups such as Manuela Ramos and Flora Tristán, while in Salta activists mobilized for policy solutions and the province announced a free women’s health care day; separately, three men in Quilmes were arrested and imputed for culpable homicide over a street rope that killed motorcyclist Federico Martínez.