Monday Sunrise Briefing: Women seeking justice fill the streets
Challenging gender inequality - seen in less pay, domestic violence, and injustice - women marched in cities around the world Sunday. In Pakistan, rallies were held nationwide, despite legal attempts to stop them. But Islamists pelted marchers with stones and shoes in Pakistan’s capital. One of the largest demonstrations occurred in Santiago, Chile, where some 125,000 people flooded the streets with dancing, music, and demands for equality. “Enough impunity!” chanted French activists, who focused on France’s unusually high rate of women killed by their husbands. At a school in East London, the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, urged daily respect. “For young men ... you have your mothers, sisters, girlfriends, friends in
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