Hundreds of women protested outside the Presidential Place demanding greater equality and less discrimination on International Women’s Day, yesterday, Tuesday 8 March 2016.
They highlighted the inequality they face on a daily basis in terms of salaries, denial of sexual and reproductive rights and limited access to housing.
The demonstrators were kept in check by a police cordon, mostly made up of female police officers.
Women and Health Collective coordinator Sergia Galvan said that it was not unusual that President Danilo Medina had not received them, as he never had before.
