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March 11, 2019
By: TNL Daily News
Credit: 官彤彥
Taiwan’s third annual Women’s March was held on a rainy Saturday in Taipei, one day after International Women’s Day.
The march began at Huashan Park, the site of a murder case last year which, along with other cases, drew attention to misogyny and violence against women in Taiwan, and continued past the Legislative Yuan and 228 Peace Park before ending at Liberty Plaza. Between 80 and 100 participants were in attendance, according to New Bloom.
“We conquered the pouring rain of Taipei at the 2019 Women’s March, the WoMen Wave!” read a statement from march organizers. (WoMen means “us” or “we” in Mandarin.) “Let’s continue to fight for gender equality on women’s day and every day.”
“We were very pleased that attendants represented a diverse mix of women, men, and non-binary and nonheteronormative genders who came out to support women’s rights and achievements in the rain,” Darice Chang of Women’s March Taiwan told The News Lens. [FULL STORY]