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Celebration March: Global Women for Equality, Development and Peace


Margaret de Vos van Steenwijk van International Network of Liberal Women participated in a march for women's rights during CSW58. Here she shares some of the photos she took and a short anecdote on her experiences (in Dutch):

Een 100 tal kleurig uitgedoste vrouwen die zichtbaar uit de hele wereld komen, verzamelen zich getooid in allerlei hoofddeksels bij First avenue tegenover het UN gebouw. Daar krijgen zij allen een sjerp uitgereikt waar men vrij is er zelf een leus op te schrijven. Vandaar zet de groep zich langzaam in beweging... 


De vrouwen die deelnemen aan deze 2014 Celebration March: Global Women for Equality, Development and Peace scanderen wat ongecoördineerd "Women's rights are human Rights!" En "No more rape". Er wordt langzaam gelopen en vooraan loopt achter een lang spandoek onder meer de voorzitter van de NGO CSW/NY, Soon-Young Yoon. 


Via Second Avenue komt de mars tot een eind op de Dag Hammerskjold Plaza. Daar wachten velen de vrouwen op en wordt er ook een tweede spandoek ontwaard; die met het toekomstig onderwerp van volgend jaar "2015, Beijing post 20". Achter die spandoek één van de Nederlandse deelnemers aan CSW : Margaret de Vos van Steenwijk van International Network of Liberal Women, zij roept uit volle borst met de anderen mee: Women's rights are Human rights! Zou men dat in 2015 nu eindelijk overal begrijpen?"


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