The intense rain that began to fall in the capital of the Region minutes before the scheduled time for the start of the demonstrations has not discouraged the participants who, carrying umbrellas and raincoats, have completed the planned route.
– Protesters this March 8 in Murcia / Radio Murcia
Before starting, a small group of nine “security” people have marked with chalk on the ground the optimal distance that should be kept between the protesters, from Avenida de la Libertad, before entering Gran Vía, an area where the they have guided the traffic lines of the road.
Those responsible for the safety of the demonstration mark with chalk the safety distance that the participants must keep / Radio Murcia
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These women have recalled the recommendations over the public address system: safety distance, mask and individual banners, and have watched over everyone to comply with them.
The initial small group of about one hundred protesters that has left Plaza Fuensanta has grown in number on Gran Vía to more than a thousand people, according to the organizers. The protesters were mostly young women, but they have also been supported by many boys of the same age to “support women in their demands,” as several of them have explained to Radio Murcia.
Protesters walk the Gran Vía de Murcia this March 8 / Radio Murcia
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Some protesters have declared that “We have to continue until machismo ends”, others that “the patriarchy does not care about the rain or the pandemic, they continue to kill us, they continue to rape us and we continue working for less money.”
The demonstrations have ended in Ronda de Garay, Plaza Martinez Tornel and Puente de los Peligros.
Banner of one of the organizing organizations, the attendees of this demonstration that started in the first place were just the bearers / Radio Murcia
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In Murcia there has also been a concentration this 8M, called by the RADFEM organization, at the entrance of the Malecón gardens.
According to the National Police, about 100 people participated in the demonstration, and the moment of greatest influx was during the reading of the manifesto. The Government Delegation points out to this wording that “finally, three demonstrations of the four called have been carried out.”
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