Thousands of women took to streets and scream together for a minute in Switzerland against domestic violence and gender pay gap.
In 2019 more than half a million took to streets for the cause. This year, they had to refrain due to the pandemic outbreak.
Roxanne Errico, a 19-year-old student who said to The Guardian that her mother was killed by her violent boyfriend that it was emotional for her. “Because I scream for me, but I also scream for my sisters and brothers, I scream for all the other children who lost a mother or a father, and I also scream for my mother, who would have screamed if she was still here,” she said.
Rose-Angela Gramoni, a Geneva resident said that she can die in peace as the next generation is there to take over. “But for a while, I was very sad. I thought we fought for many things, but we did not finish the job and nobody was here to finish it,” said the 70-year-old.
In Switzerland women earn almost a fifth less than that of a man. Earlier it used to be worse. Thirty years ago, the difference of a third less than that of a man.
Thousands of protesters screamed together by 3.24 pm for a minute to show their dissent against the issues that women face.
