About 2000 people, mostly women and union members marked International Women’s Day on March 6, with a lively rally and march.
Chants of “Women united will never be defeated”, “Tell me what a feminist looks like? This is what a feminist looks like” and “When women's rights are under attack, what do we do? Stand up! Fight back!” rang through the streets.
Speakers addressed the inequality women still face at work and in society, the leading roles women play in many struggles for justice, including for First Nations rights, against the Junta in Myanmar, against Israel’s genocide in Palestine, and against oppressive regimes like that in Iran.
When Michelle O’Neill, president of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) spoke, a few women chanted “CFMEU” to demonstrate their displeasure at the ACTU’s complicity in attacks against that union.
The rally marched to Parliament House.
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