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The caravan was composed of women from Albania, Macedonia, Poland and many different Greek cities, who left together from Thessaloniki, Greece, and 14 hours later crossed the extremely militarized border with Turkey.
More than 500 women from 23 countries took part in the forum of debates held on the following day, June 30th. By the end of the day, women marchedfrom the University Maçka campus to the Taksim Square, where many others were waiting for them. Around 5,000 people, mostly women, went through Istiklal street toward Galatasaray square, a historical place of women’s resistance. Slogans such as “jîn, jìjan, azadî” (women, peace, freedom), applauses, tambourines, animated women who again were occupying the streets of Istanbul after one week in which different right wing nationalists held large demonstrations.
- For more information about the action, click here.
- Read here the Declaration of the European Feminist Gathering of the World March of Women
- Mobilizations calendar from the European Regional Action
- To know more about the Balkans caravan, click here.
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To check out the European call for action, click here.
Documents:
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Natasha Dokovska - peace and desmilitarisation
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Almerinda Bento - violence against women
