A group of ten women shed their clothes and marched across the Chilean capital of Santiago wearing little more than body paint, in a bid to raise awareness ahead of the feminist strike scheduled to be held on 8 March, International Women’s Day.
En el contexto del #DíaInternacionalDeLaMujer la Sede INDH RM asistió hoy una intervención callejera para la promoción de los derechos de las mujeres, organizada por la Brigada de Arte y Propaganda de la Coordinadora 8M, y realizada en el Museo de la Memoria y los DDHH. #8deMarzo pic.twitter.com/b9SCdq3s7l
— INDH Chile (@inddhh) 4 марта 2019 г.
According to EFE news agency, the protesters also painted their bodies with slogans like "non-sexist education" and "I Decide When and How".
"Our female bodies are always being sexualised and treated like objects. The idea was to use our bodies as a canvas to call for support for the strike on 8 March, to declare that they are not for public use and we can use them how we like," protest organiser Javiera Salinas said.
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The protesters also covered walls of subway stations bearing masculine names with posters of well-known Chilean artists and the names of women who had been victims of gender violence, the news agency adds.
