National Women’s Day
The lessons of South Africa’s 1956 Women’s March resonate to this day
On August 9, 1956, nearly 20,000 women marched in South Africa against apartheid-era Pass Laws. The struggles they waged and the demands they raised are especially relevant today
- Biggest health worker strike in US history to begin tomorrow
- Argentina’s presidential frontrunner Milei denies number of disappeared from dictatorship
- Activists harshly criticize Sunak government’s approval for Rosebank oil and gas field project
- On International Safe Abortion Day, women across Latin America march demanding reproductive rights
- EU releases funds to Tunisia as part of controversial migrant deal
