Major events were organized in the cities of Lisbon, Porto, Braga, and Coimbra by the March 8 Network in Portugal

The protests took place after well-known Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called for gender segregation at the anti-government protests

In this year-ender, we take a look at the prominent feminist and gender justice struggles from across the globe.

Thousands of Palestinian women mobilized in towns and cities across Palestine to demonstrate against patriarchal and colonial violence

We also report on the women’ march in Palestine against gender based violence. 

Women across Palestine and the diaspora will stage a march on September 26 to assert that the struggle of women is intrinsic to the broader struggle for the liberation of Palestine

Movements have intensified demands for the implementation of the Law on Comprehensive Sexual Education (ESI), the approval of the Emergency Law on Gender based Violence, among others.

Thousands of Peruvians took to the streets in different cities across the country in response to the alarming number of femicides.

The massive demonstrations were in response to several high-profile rape cases wherein the perpetrators were police officers

So far in 2019, over 105 cases of femicides have been registered in Peru

Protesters demanded an end to gender-based violence, the approval of the new bill to legalize abortion and the implementation of the sexual education law

Feminists across the continent have been mobilizing to change the draconian and repressive laws that inhibit access to legal, safe and free abortion