7th annual YWCA Women’s March held in Regina | 24CA News
The chilly Saskatchewan climate wasn’t sufficient to discourage many Regina residents from collaborating in a ladies’s rights rally in downtown Regina.
“Could our ancestors have cancelled the day?” Elder Brenda Dubois stated as she addressed the gang outdoors YWCA Regina. “They still had to get up and muster what they had to do in order to survive.”
Saturday marked the seventh annual Women’s March hosted by the YWCA Regina, simply three days after International Women’s Day.
“Though International Women’s Day is a day for celebration, it is also a time to acknowledge the unfinished work and to inspire others to take action for change,” the YWCA stated in a press launch.
The march is supposed to behave as an area the place neighborhood members can stand collectively and lift consciousness about ladies’s rights.
Residents of all ages and genders had been in attendance for the march.
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“There continues to be a crucial need for this important advocacy work,” YWCA Regina CEO, Melissa Coomber-Bendtsen stated.
“Now more than ever, we need to band together to continue the fight for gender equity and social justice. We need the community to not only listen and acknowledge the injustices but to take notable action.”
People marched for a lot of totally different causes as chants for equality echoed all through.
“I’m wearing a red scarf today and I’m walking for Indigenous women who are disproportionately affected by systems and institutions of inequity,” Coomber-Bendtsen stated.
The march started outdoors the entrance doorways of the Regina YWCA earlier than making its means by means of downtown Regina.
After the 100-plus contributors made it again to the YWCA, a neighborhood social was held for individuals to speak, have a good time and heat up from the chilly.
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