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'Million Women Rise' march on International Women's Day - London 09.03.2013
Around three thousand women marched through central London on 9th March 2013 as part of the many International Women's Month events taking place globally, with a special emphasis on drawing public attention to all forms of violence against women by men, the gratuitous objectification of women as mere sex objects, and the sexist glass-ceiling which prevents millions of women in the worldwide workplace from achieving their full potential.
The protesters formed-up outside Selfridges store on Oxford Street - a historically significant building in the 19th century for the more militant London chapters of the Suffragette Movement - the high-spirited, noisy crowd marched down Oxford Street, then down Wardour Street and on to Trafalgar Square where the crowd listened to impassioned speeches from representatives of organisations which help women who are subjected to violence at the hands of men.
Groups taking part were: MIllion Women Rise, Southall Black Sisters, Goldsmiths Feminist Society, Birkbeck Women, Birmingham Freedom Project, Birmingham & Solihull Women's Aid, No More Page 3, Feminists Rise, National Sudanese Women Alliance, Newham Asian Women's Project, South London YMCA, Cambridge Women's Aid, Shoreditch Sisters, Socialist Women's Union, Kixa Women, Women in Black, Nordic Model Advocates, Sisters of Frida, object.org.uk patriarchy.com VODM Unison AMBE NSWA NorMaS and QIMEC.
All photos © 2013 Pete Riches
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'Million Women Rise' march on International Women's Day - London 09.03.2013
Around three thousand women marched through central London on 9th March 2013 as part of the many International Women's Month events taking place globally, with a special emphasis on drawing public attention to all forms of violence against women by men, the gratuitous objectification of women as mere sex objects, and the sexist glass-ceiling which prevents millions of women in the worldwide workplace from achieving their full potential.
The protesters formed-up outside Selfridges store on Oxford Street - a historically significant building in the 19th century for the more militant London chapters of the Suffragette Movement - the high-spirited, noisy crowd marched down Oxford Street, then down Wardour Street and on to Trafalgar Square where the crowd listened to impassioned speeches from representatives of organisations which help women who are subjected to violence at the hands of men.
Groups taking part were: MIllion Women Rise, Southall Black Sisters, Goldsmiths Feminist Society, Birkbeck Women, Birmingham Freedom Project, Birmingham & Solihull Women's Aid, No More Page 3, Feminists Rise, National Sudanese Women Alliance, Newham Asian Women's Project, South London YMCA, Cambridge Women's Aid, Shoreditch Sisters, Socialist Women's Union, Kixa Women, Women in Black, Nordic Model Advocates, Sisters of Frida, object.org.uk patriarchy.com VODM Unison AMBE NSWA NorMaS and QIMEC.
All photos © 2013 Pete Riches
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Do not reproduce, alter, re-transmit or blog my images without my written permission. I remain at all times the copyright owner of this image.
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