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The National Congress eliminated the symbolic color violet for #8M and tonight it will light up white - Infobae
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El Congreso de la Nación eliminó el simbólico color violeta por el #8M y esta noche se iluminará de blanco
Las autoridades del Palacio decidieron quitar el color que en todo el mundo representa la lucha de las mujeres. Va en línea con el cambio de nombre del Salón de las Mujeres
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March 08, 2024
The Palace authorities decided to remove the color that represents women's struggle throughout the world. It is in line with the name change of the Women's Hall
By David Cayon
Congress illuminated in violetThis afternoon, the streets surrounding the National Congress promise to become a violet tide. Thousands of people will demonstrate starting at 5 p.m. in a day of struggle for March 8, International Women's Rights Day.
The color that will be seen on t-shirts and flags is the hallmark of the struggle in the world and refers to two historical events that marked the struggle of women over the years and that is the color chosen by the authorities of the majority. of countries to illuminate monuments or public spaces.
Argentina was no exception: since 2017, the National Congress has been illuminated “purple” or “ violet ” the night before and on March 8 itself. However, this year it is not going to happen .
The authorities of the Chamber of Senators and Deputies, Victoria Villarruel and Martín Menem , defined that this year the balconies of the Legislative Palace will turn on their lights starting at 8:00 p.m. but they will not illuminate violet but, simply, it was chosen that be white.
For the first time since the women's group mobilized for 8M, the authorities, in this case Congress, decided not to use the global symbol of International Women's Day.
The change in color is added to the decision of the national Executive to discount the work day for women who join the strike that is part of the day of struggle and, in addition, the internal line by which the agencies were prohibited public to make any type of expression about 8M on social networks . There will also be no official participation in any type of event that refers to 8M.
In addition, the presidential spokesperson said today, March 8, that the secretary of the Presidency of the Nation, that is , Karina Milei, decided that the name of the Bicentennial Hall of Argentine Women located on the first floor of Balcarce 50 will be changed. : will be renamed the Hall of Heroes .
A fact that reinforces the decision to change the color to illuminate the Palace is that the next day, Saturday, March 9, the Congress will be illuminated again at 8 p.m., but this time in red to raise awareness about the cardiological health of women.
March 8 was established as International Women's Day by the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) in 1977, in honor of all those women who fought for equal rights around the world.
Buenos Aires 1/3/2024. Inauguration of the Ordinary Sessions of the HCN, President Javier Milei, together with various authorities of the national government, presides over the assembly in the chamber of the nation's chamber of deputies. Rodrigo Nespolo/Pool
This date is taken as a memory of March 8, 1857, when 129 textile workers from the Cotton factory in New York died in a fire while demonstrating against the long working day, low wages, precarious working conditions and differences they suffered compared to men.
There are two versions regarding the color. One is that those women who fought for their rights made purple shirts ; The second is that the smoke that could be seen from all over the city was purple from the inks that were used in that factory.
Added to this was that several years later, around 1910, that same color was the one adopted by the British suffragettes as a symbol of their movement . The emblematic activist Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence said that “violet, the color of sovereigns, symbolizes the royal blood that runs through the veins of each fighter for the right to vote, it symbolizes their awareness of freedom and dignity.”
