whether calling for a quality freedom respect or an end to gender violence women around the world have been using international women s day to make their voices heard crowds of demonstrators filled the streets of cities including manila seoul new delhi and look for on thursday this international women s day comes in the wake of the me too movement and we ll be having a deeper look at what has changed since it began half a year ago but first we begin in spain where women staged a full day night nationwide strike and here s a look at the day s events. and the hours and passionate schools to change this was an interesting central square at midnight. tuesday night and dozens more protests. and scenes like this. workplaces left deserted as millions of spanish women walked off the job that
a platform glory at you i have also referred to that you in fact in you signed this letter saying that the movement has simply gone too far can you explain that rationale and what do you think the risk is. well and first of all i mean now we re talking on an international basis i signed a letter which came from the friends situation you france s it me jew movement was called launch you a peek and i just couldn t i mean i said it was horrible i mean it means that you mean you a pig is that all men are not peace and. is well i mean i m against the sort of the war in between women and men or whatever six it means i mean we should be careful not to condemn everybody and not to victimize too much right guys i m ok because the movement it s ok i mean no
with tales of decades of abuse at the hands of hollywood producer harvey weinstein me too went viral after actress alyssa milano asked women to help highlight the magnitude of the problem and it has of course been followed up by time s up used to tell the world things have got to change. now one of the first women to come forward and accuse harvey weinstein was asia argento an italian actor model activist and director in an article in new york magazine argento said that she had been sexually assaulted by harvey weinstein in the one nine hundred ninety s. but that had been followed by a consensual sexual relationship over the next five years her account garnered criticism in the italian media and argento moved to germany to escape what she described as a culture of victim blaming this is what she told you about what the need to with the times of movement have come to stand for in her view. the truth is that we ve
criticizing the me to movement welcome to both of you we appreciate you both being on the program with us this evening and christina i d like to turn to you first on the need to move and of course a prominent movement getting getting a lot of press a lot of attention is it fair to say if this has been a sea change not only when it comes to the fight against sexual harassment but also the fight for greater gender parity definitely and i think it s. it has positive implications as well negative forms so the fact that more people are listening now and more people are speaking out is definitely something incredible powerful and important but at the same time it s a show us that for so many years indicates women have tried to speak out but the the mechanisms of oppression of silencing women they re so effective but until now women when i ve heard it and they were not believed in extent as we can see you know so they did have a voice they didn t have
press for progress is their motto and they are taking to the streets to do it around the world it is the first international women s day since the need to movement against sexual harassment began are women any closer to gender parity. plus aid convoys blocked again as the syrian government s assault intensified on eastern giteau but a different kind of convoy reaches its destination as thousands of women from all over the world gather on the turkey syria border to raise awareness about the plight of syrian women. let there be peace so mothers won t cry and young people will die and we will live free like other people s lives. and finally a shake up at the top of german politics why one of the country s most recognized politicians won t be part of the next government.