Estela Nieto
Banners with messages and plenty of purple flooded the streets throughout Spain last Friday. On International Women's Day, more than 30,000 people in about 40 cities across Spain, from Barcelona to Madrid passing through Valencia, took to the streets. However, the demonstration was marked by division among the protesters. For the first time, the fragmentation of the movement was witnessed due to their irreconcilable positions on the prohibition of prostitution and the application of the trans law.
Two of these 40 mobilizations were in Madrid and were carried out under the chant "se acabo" or "here we are, feminists". The well-known song by Maria Jimenez has already become a feminist anthem with which many women claim their rights and freedoms. The march in Madrid started at the well-known Atocha station and ended in Plaza de Colón, where several government leaders were seen, such as Vice President Yolanda Díaz and Minister Ana Redondo.
Politics also marked the day, which began with certain tensions between the Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, who criticized the Madrid president, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, after she called for a "men's day". The president, from Chile, responded to those words by indicating that if Ayuso is president of the Community of Madrid, it is "as a result of the struggle of many women who lost their lives to demand real equality". Likewise, the Minister of Equality, Ana Redondo, has criticized the PP for their videos against the socialists.
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