国产精品99一区二区三_免费中文日韩_国产在线精品一区二区_日本成人手机在线

Women on strike for equal rights in Belgium

Source: Xinhua| 2019-03-09 05:54:31|Editor: mingmei
Video PlayerClose
BELGIUM-BRUSSELS-WOMEN-STRIKE?

People take part in a women's strike in Brussels, Belgium, March 8, 2019. Thousands of women went on strike across Belgium on International Women's Day to campaign for women's rights and gender equality, local media reported. (Xinhua/Zhang Cheng)

BRUSSELS, March 8 (Xinhua) -- Thousands of women went on strike across Belgium on Friday during the International Women's Day to campaign for women's rights and gender equality, local media reported.

Over 5,000 female demonstrators, spurred on by an initiative of the "Collecti.e.f March 8" association, gathered Friday afternoon in front of Brussels Central Station before taking part in a march.

Six female politicians from three Belgian parties -- MR, cdH and Defi -- called for women's rights to be a societal priority in all parties and at all levels of power, according to an open letter published Thursday by local press.

The joint letter criticized the growing violence against Belgian women, stressing that "politicians, the media and citizens must shoulder their responsibilities and prevent violence against women as an absolute priority".

Belgium is, according to the World Bank, one of only six countries in the world where women have precisely the same rights under the law as men, reported the Brussels Times.

However, the pay gap was 21 percent in Belgium in 2017 and the pension gap was 28 percent, according to a joint statement made by two local unions -- the FGTB and the CSC.

"Equality between women and men is clearly not a reality," commented Ruth Paluku-Atoka, a member of the strike collective, in the newspaper La Libre. "We have opted for the strike weapon because it is a powerful thing to stop working. It will allow all to see where women are necessary."

   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Next  

KEY WORDS:
EXPLORE XINHUANET
010020070750000000000000011100001378798891
主站蜘蛛池模板: 逊克县| 花莲县| 通许县| 新蔡县| 朝阳市| 延津县| 浦北县| 钟山县| 衡水市| 华容县| 香河县| 永新县| 治多县| 夏邑县| 拉孜县| 云和县| 萨嘎县| 商洛市| 吉安县| 清流县| 泸定县| 海兴县| 西丰县| 鸡西市| 岳阳市| 响水县| 萍乡市| 乐平市| 香河县| 建始县| 临湘市| 保定市| 乌鲁木齐市| 沂水县| 政和县| 正蓝旗| 澎湖县| 西乌珠穆沁旗| 浦江县| 西乌| 英超|