Millions Of Women In India Join Hands To Form A 385-Mile Wall Of Protest
“They called it the "women's wall" — vanitha mathil in the local language of Malayalam.
According to government estimates published in the Indian press, somewhere between 3.5 million and 5 million women lined up on National Highway 66, a long stretch of road that runs along the country's western coast. The "wall" stretched out 385 miles. Organizers said it was a continuous chain from one end of the state to the other, but some critics say there were gaps.
Kerala is roughly the size of Switzerland and has a population of about 35 million.
The demonstration was planned to create awareness of gender equality — and to protest a religious ban that prevented women of menstruating age from entering one of the country's sacred Hindu temples even after the Supreme Court ruled in favor of their entry on Sept. 28 last year.”
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Mahalo, Me
I wish them all the best. I hope they begin to make some real changes for women in their country.
