Excluded Headlines: Global South women's protests
Stay up to date on the global news stories the US- and Eurocentric media overlooks, with journalist and author, Tamara Pearson.
In Puebla, Mexico yesterday, an estimated 50,000 people marched for International Women’s Day, particularly in rejection of the high levels of femicide, rape and abuse, street harassment, and the lack of access to abortion. Despite the record turnout, most local media focused on a few incidences of broken glass. A large proportion of journalists who covered the event were men, and globally, just 6% of the CEOs of the top 100 media corporations are women. So its no surprise that protests by women and others standing up for their rights in the Global South were severely under-covered.
Video: Excluded Headlines’ protests and marches in images, including from Chile, Mexico, Turkey, El Salvador, Palestine, Brazil, Philippines, Pakistan, and India. Sources: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,12
Other important stories include:
Over 200 killed in a town in Somaliland during weeks of fighting. Source.
Land and resource scarcity behind over 50 killed in Benue, Nigeria. Source
Protests continue in Peru, with a “dry” strike in place in Puno (road blocks), and mobilisations in at least seven other regions. Three months have passed since the coup. Source, source.
117 people have died in storms in Mozambique since February, according to official figures. Source.
Nepal’s parliament has elected a new president, Ram Chandra Poudel, after the Communist and Workers’ parties withdrew from the process. Source, source.
Mass protests were held on the weekend against the government, the economic situation, and repression in Tunisia. Source.