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Journée internationale des Droits des Femmes

En force plus que jamais dans un monde de tous les dangers

08.03.2026.

UN Women Executive Director’s statement
for International Women’s Day
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UN Women Executive Director’s statement for International Women’s Day

A message from UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous for International Women’s Day (IWD)

8 March 2026.

"We have never been so close to achieving gender equality, and never closer to losing it.

Today, stronger laws exist on domestic violence. More girls are in school than ever before. Women’s movements are more connected, more visible, and more crucial than ever before.

And yet, this is also a moment of contradiction.  

Violence is rising, including online. Backlash is organized and well resourced. Rights are being reversed in real time and at unprecedented speed. Impunity is spreading, in homes, online, and in conflicts."

"International Women’s Day 2026, under the theme Rights. Justice. Action for All Women and Girls, must be our collective turning point. 

We must stand up, show up, and speak up, for rights, justice, action, so all women and girls can live safely, speak freely, and exist equally. 

UN Women was built for this moment. From crisis zones to courtrooms, from the grassroots to global power.

We stand with women and girls when rights are denied, justice is delayed, and violence is ignored. We support women’s movements. We stand with all survivors of violence, everywhere, always. We push laws, systems, and institutions to deliver for women and girls.

Today, I urge you, for ALL women and girls – to act:
Break the silence. 
Demand rights and justice.
Defend the rule of law.
Fund women’s rights movements.
End impunity.
Deliver equality, in laws, in life, everywhere.

Friends, nothing can and nothing will stop us until the equal rights of all women and girls are realized. 
Happy International Women’s Day!"

> https://www.unwomen.org/en/news-stories/statement/2026/03/un-women-executive-directors-statement-for-international-womens-day

> https://www.facebook.com/reel/710422545397209

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A Namur, en Wallonie, la mobilisation était intense comme partout.

Les slogans en disent long sur la volonté de renforcer l'égalité des droits et la lutte contre les violences faites aux femmes :

Un message fort de Marie-Anne Delahaut
en préparation au rassemblement
du 8 mars 2026 à Namur

Parmi eux, in line with UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous:  

= "Help! Vous, amis, hommes et garçons, mobilisez-vous avec nous contre les violences faites aux femmes ! Solidarité, égalité, éducation, respect...". 

= "Help! Friends, men, and boys, join us in our fight to end violence against women! Solidarity, equality, education, respect...".

= "Donner c'est donner, Forcer c'est Violer"
= "Feu au patriarcat"
= "Faire preuve d'Humanité n'a jamais tué personne"
= "Bravo les lesbiennes"
= "Je rêve que le viol dégoûte les hommes autant que nos menstruations"
= "Je te crois"
= "Fuck le patriarcat"
= "Même travail, même salaire, même respect"
= "Non à la guerre du mâle"
= "Solidarité avec les femmes du monde entier"
= "Céder n'est pas consentir"
= "Protégez vos filles > Eduquez vos fils!"
= It's a dress, not a Yes"
= "L'amour ne frappe pas"
= "Femmes et LGTBQIA+ même combat"
= "Liberté Equité Sororité"
= "Siamo Tutte Antifasciste"
= "L'amour toujours, Les machos jamais"
= "Ecoutez-nous, Croyez-nous !"
= "Chienne de Garde, Gare aux Chiens"
= "Ma sécurité n'est pas une option budgétaire"
= Révolution agricole féministe"
= "Femmes Fortes Exceptionnelles Mères Motivées Emancipées Sociables : STOP Féminicide!"
= "Féminisme sans lesbiennes et migrantes = Patriarcat déguisé"
= "Personne n'est trop petit pour avoir un impact et changer le monde, Greta Thunberg"
= "Patriarcapitalisme: c'est tout le système qu'il faut détruire!"

Julien Destatte a capté l'ambiance militante déterminée ce 8 mars à Namur :
Pour la Fondation Millennia2025 Femmes et Innovation (c) Li Bia Moment  

Photos Julien Destatte Li Bia Moment (c)for the Millennia2025 Women and Innovation Foundation.

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