1A sculpture in front of the National Museum of Fine Arts with a poster that refers to the painter and activist Judith Alpi. Feminsita 8M El País Coordinator 2The activists have replaced the names of the monuments with those of women who have inspired the feminist struggle in Chile, such as the Austrian academic Grete Mostny. 8M El País Feminist Coordinator 3Members of the 8M Feminist Coordinator carried out an action in which they replaced the names of women emblematic monuments of Santiago, Chile, on March 2, 2020. 8M El País Feminist Coordinator 4The action has been carried out a few days before International Women's Day is celebrated on March 8, when feminist marches are convened throughout the world. 8M El País Feminist Coordinator 5A sculpture by Fernando Botero in the Santiago Forest Park with a banner reminiscent of Marta Colvin, a Chilean sculptor who received the National Plastic Arts Award in 1970. Feminsita Coordinator 8M El País 6 A sign replaces the name of a public park with that of Joane Florvil, a Haitian citizen arbitrarily detained in 2017. 8M El País Feminist Coordinator 7A source that honors Rubén Darío has dawned with a banner reminiscent of Mara Rita, writer and LGBT activist. 8M El País Feminist Coordinator 8 “It was an action that allows us to appear in a public space that does not name us, with our own names, with our own memory," one of the organizers of the action, Javiera Manzi, told the newspaper El Mostrador. Coordinator Feminist 8M El País
Feminism intervenes the monuments of Chile
2020-03-02T20:21:10.565Z
The Feminist Plurinational Assembly, the 8M Feminist Coordinator and various groups intervened streets, monuments and public squares with names of women who have inspired the feminist struggle.