Tunis: Feminist activists organised a women’s march in Tunis on Friday from Bab El Khadra Square to Habib Bourguiba Avenue in support of Palestinian women on the occasion of International Women’s Day.

“We stand in solidarity with Palestinian women who have suffered greatly since the Zionist occupation of Palestine. The recent brutal Zionist aggression has exacerbated the dire situation of the Palestinians, with constant bombardment and severe crises in access to food and basic necessities,” the demonstrators said.

During the march, women chanted slogans calling for feminist resistance in solidarity with the Palestinian people and against the occupation. These slogans included “Free Palestine, Zionist out”, “No compromise, no negotiations”, “United women against all backsliding” and “Boycott, boycott, resist, resist”.

This march comes in response to the call for a global strike for Gaza to protest against the ongoing genocide by the Zionist occupation.

President of the Tunisian Association of Democratic Wo
men, Neila Zoghlami, was among the demonstrators expressing solidarity with Palestinian women, saying that this march was “the least the Tunisian people can do to support the Palestinian cause and break the wall of silence”.

According to the latest UN figures, nearly 9,000 Palestinian women have been killed since the start of the Israeli aggression on Gaza on 7 October, with many more buried under the rubble.

Up to 95% of pregnant and lactating women face severe malnutrition and over 690,000 women and girls who are menstruating have limited access to menstrual hygiene products, while around 37 mothers are killed every day.

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse