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Background
The World With Women movement is inspired by the 1975 strike by Icelandic women, who stopped everything for twenty-four hours. The call spread in France on social media, following a book by Marie Eloy.
The key points
The World With Women movement's first mobilisation brought together around fifty people in Geneva on 13 October 2026. The date had been chosen in several major cities around the world to campaign for gender balance.
The procession set off from the Place des Nations towards the World Trade Organization, then the lakeside quays and the Cropettes park.
Key figures
- Participants in Geneva: around fifty.
- Year of the Icelandic women's strike: 1975.
- Areas of demands: three.
Who says what
Sigolène Chavane, organiser in Geneva, cites three areas: ending violence against women, equal pay and parity, and recognition of care work.
What's next
The Geneva organisers hope to hold a women's strike as early as next year.
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