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Berlin (dpa / bb) - Several hundred women demonstrated on Monday in Berlin for equality and equal opportunities.
The occasion was International Women's Day, which is a public holiday in the capital.
The demonstrators in front of the Brandenburg Gate denounced murders, rape and other acts of violence against women on banners.
Topics were also sexism, prostitution and abortion.
Proverbs like «8.
March is every day ”and“ I kill my dragons myself ”underscored the demand for more emancipation.
In front of the picture gallery, women artists drew attention to women in the cultural sector.
They called for a “fair share”, a fair share for art by women in museums and galleries.
To do this, they wrote names of artists in chalk on the piazetta of the Kulturforum and positioned themselves with outspread arms.
On the holiday, politicians had pointed out the special burden on women in the Corona crisis.
In particular, it was warned that women would be pushed back into old role models.
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