{"id":40773,"date":"2019-03-09T18:59:25","date_gmt":"2019-03-09T18:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=40773"},"modified":"2019-03-09T18:59:25","modified_gmt":"2019-03-09T18:59:25","slug":"fight-continues-cardiffs-women-strike-gender-pay-gap-sexual-violence-womens-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/fight-continues-cardiffs-women-strike-gender-pay-gap-sexual-violence-womens-day","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The fight continues\u2019: Cardiff&#8217;s women protest unequal pay and sexual violence"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Women in Cardiff march on the streets on International women\u2019s day to demonstrate against rising gender pay gap, sexual crimes, racism and exploitation.<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40777\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/Womens-Day-Strike-Cardiff_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"950\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/Womens-Day-Strike-Cardiff_1.jpg 950w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/Womens-Day-Strike-Cardiff_1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/Womens-Day-Strike-Cardiff_1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/Womens-Day-Strike-Cardiff_1-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40777\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/Womens-Day-Strike-Cardiff_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"950\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/Womens-Day-Strike-Cardiff_1.jpg 950w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/Womens-Day-Strike-Cardiff_1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/Womens-Day-Strike-Cardiff_1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/Womens-Day-Strike-Cardiff_1-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Cardiff&#8217;s women celebrated International Women\u2019s Day yesterday, taking to the streets, striking from their jobs and demonstrating against crimes and exploitation faced by them.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/825310187853769\/\">march<\/a> organised by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WomensStrikeCymru\/\">Women\u2019s Strike Assembly Cymru\u00a0<\/a>took place from Cardiff Central Library to the Trinity Centre, Newport Road, catching eyeballs as they marched in unison despite the rain.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_40778\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40778\" style=\"width: 950px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40778\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/Womens-day-strike-cardiff_Rhiannon-Williams.jpg\" alt=\"Rhiannion Williams(organiser),who works as a midwife, spoke about gender pay gap\" width=\"950\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/Womens-day-strike-cardiff_Rhiannon-Williams.jpg 950w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/Womens-day-strike-cardiff_Rhiannon-Williams-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/Womens-day-strike-cardiff_Rhiannon-Williams-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/Womens-day-strike-cardiff_Rhiannon-Williams-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40778\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40778\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/Womens-day-strike-cardiff_Rhiannon-Williams.jpg\" alt=\"Rhiannion Williams(organiser),who works as a midwife, spoke about gender pay gap\" width=\"950\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/Womens-day-strike-cardiff_Rhiannon-Williams.jpg 950w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/Womens-day-strike-cardiff_Rhiannon-Williams-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/Womens-day-strike-cardiff_Rhiannon-Williams-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/Womens-day-strike-cardiff_Rhiannon-Williams-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/noscript> Rhiannion Williams,who works as a midwife, spoke about gender pay gap<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019re striking from our jobs and unpaid responsibilities to show the capitalist world that it needs us&#8230;We need change now!\u2019\u2019 said Rhiannon Williams, one of the organisers of the event.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Gender pay gap was 13.6% in 2018&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/seneddresearch.blog\/2019\/03\/01\/gender-equality-in-wales-a-better-balance\/\">The World Economic Forum<\/a> has predicted, it will take 61 years to close the gender pay gap in Western Europe,\u2019\u2019 she continued.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Women united, we\u2019ll never be defeated!\u2019\u2019 was the motto as about 30 people joined the march, with another hundred present at the assembly point at the Trinity Centre.<\/p>\n<p>Over 200 people attended a\u00a0demonstration against universal credit and benefit sanction, mum&#8217;s strike with stay\u00a0and play and the concluding live performances, which were the other events of the day.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_40779\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40779\" style=\"width: 950px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40779\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/Womens-day-strike-cardiff_Julie-Morgan.jpg\" alt=\"Julie Morgan(AM - Cardiff North) congratulated all the women on showing solidarity on a rainy day.\" width=\"950\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/Womens-day-strike-cardiff_Julie-Morgan.jpg 950w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/Womens-day-strike-cardiff_Julie-Morgan-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/Womens-day-strike-cardiff_Julie-Morgan-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/Womens-day-strike-cardiff_Julie-Morgan-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40779\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40779\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/Womens-day-strike-cardiff_Julie-Morgan.jpg\" alt=\"Julie Morgan(AM - Cardiff North) congratulated all the women on showing solidarity on a rainy day.\" width=\"950\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/Womens-day-strike-cardiff_Julie-Morgan.jpg 950w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/Womens-day-strike-cardiff_Julie-Morgan-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/Womens-day-strike-cardiff_Julie-Morgan-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/Womens-day-strike-cardiff_Julie-Morgan-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/noscript> Julie Morgan, AM &#8211; Cardiff (North), congratulated all the women on showing solidarity on a rainy day.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The strike took place in six other cities including Bristol, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Leeds, Brighton and with the largest turnout in London with about 2000 people.<\/p>\n<p>Tessa Marshall, another organiser of the strike, who in the recent past has been a victim of violent sexual crime herself, emphasised on building a stronger community and raising awareness about the sexual violence that women face.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My main aim is to get people talking to each other, listening to each other and establishing a more feminist community in Cardiff,&#8221; said Marshall. &#8221;We need to be more connected to support each other better.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_40780\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40780\" style=\"width: 950px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40780\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/Womens-day-streike-cardiff_Tessa-Marshall.jpg\" alt=\"Tessa Marshall(organiser) spoke about a stronger community and raising awareness about sexual violence\" width=\"950\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/Womens-day-streike-cardiff_Tessa-Marshall.jpg 950w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/Womens-day-streike-cardiff_Tessa-Marshall-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/Womens-day-streike-cardiff_Tessa-Marshall-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/Womens-day-streike-cardiff_Tessa-Marshall-500x282.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40780\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40780\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/Womens-day-streike-cardiff_Tessa-Marshall.jpg\" alt=\"Tessa Marshall(organiser) spoke about a stronger community and raising awareness about sexual violence\" width=\"950\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/Womens-day-streike-cardiff_Tessa-Marshall.jpg 950w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/Womens-day-streike-cardiff_Tessa-Marshall-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/Womens-day-streike-cardiff_Tessa-Marshall-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/Womens-day-streike-cardiff_Tessa-Marshall-500x282.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/noscript> Tessa Marshall spoke about a stronger community and raising awareness about sexual violence<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Students from different nationalities joined the event to discuss the issues they faced back in their countries and as immigrants in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;Late at night, when I go home, I am holding my keys between my fingers, because if someone tries to do something, I have something to protect myself,&#8221; says Marquan, a French woman studying in Cardiff, who feels women are unsafe not just in the UK but everywhere in the world.<\/p>\n<h3>Here is a walk through the events during the day:<\/h3>\n<p>.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, 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