March4Women 2018

On the 100th anniversary of Votes for Women becoming real for some women, 1000s marched from Parliament Square to Trafalgar Square.

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Organised by Care International.

Some very impressive hand-made signs, and top marks to the Women’s Institute for their fab tapestry banners.

Pics in random order here.

March of the Mummies

for Hallowe’en 31st October – march happening simultaneously in six UK cities, this is the London march at Parliament Square. Families dressed up as mummies (the walking dead kind) to represent the archaic legislation that is currently in place on working motherhood.

Their five demands:

1. Increase the time limit to raise a tribunal claim from 3 months to (at least) 6 months
2. Require companies to report on how many flexible working requests are made and how many are granted
3. Give both parents access to 6 weeks parental leave paid at 90% of salary
4. Give the self-employed access to statutory shared parental pay
5. Subsidise childcare from 6 months old, rather than 3 years

   Organised by Pregant then Screwed

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Copyright © Pam Isherwood 2017

 

Reclaim the Night 2016

Reclaim the Night march, London 19th November 2016. From the Palace of Westminster to St Pauls, this is as it passed along The Strand, complete with xmas lights.
This date chosen on the nearest possible Saturday to the 25th November to mark the UN Day to End Violence Against Women.
http://www.reclaimthenight.co.uk