This Friday, March 8, 2024, International Women's Day, was set to be a day of celebration and harmony.
France chose this symbolic date to enshrine voluntary termination of pregnancy (IVG) in its Constitution.
A world first and the culmination of 50 years of struggle greeted by outpourings of joy in all major capitals.
In Paris, the march brought together nearly 28,000 people (+ 35% compared to the previous edition).
But the Israel-Hamas war ignites part of the procession.
Clashes broke out between pro-Palestine demonstrators and three groups of Jewish women, including “We Will Live”, who had come to demand recognition of the rapes perpetrated by Hamas on October 7.
Demonstrators are exfiltrated by the police under the spray of projectiles, while,
further away, dozens of others chant an anti-police slogan, “Kerosene is not for planes, it’s for burning cops.”
For these two events, the authorities took legal action.
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