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Women in Switzerland prepare for 14 June strike
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In advance, the trade unions demanded more measures for "real equality".
The women's strike on 14 June mobilises more participants than any other day of action in Switzerland. The history of the women's movement in Switzerland is marked by women who have dared to do something. A selection.
Women in Switzerland prepare for 14 June strike
The fourth women’s strike will take place on Saturday, 14 June, and will once again become a collective outcry of women against the patriarchal system, violence, discrimination, and capitalist exploitation. Kurdish women will also use the occasion to raise the issue of Abdullah Öcalan’s freedom. Women in Switzerland first went on strike on 14 June 1991. With more than 500,000 women participating, this historic action became one of the largest st…
Luzerner Zeitung
watson.ch/The Federal House is said to be a source of identity, representing all cantons, linguistic regions, professions, Swiss artists and many myths. The great absentees are still women. It is built by men for men, says historian Fabienne Amlinger.
The 14th of June is renewed in the canton of Vaud: no march but a demonstration with round tables, militant band, concerts and workshops. While a poll reveals the fragmented perceptions of feminism in Switzerland, this edition is intended to gather In 2024, 20,000 people marched with purple scarves during the Feminist Strike in Lausanne. On Saturday 14th June, another type of mobilization is planned by the organizing collective: a fixed occupati…
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