Women's strike Around ten thousand women take part in the women's demonstration in Zurich
Zurich glowed purple on Saturday: around ten thousand participants - and some male participants - marched through the city center at the women's demonstration. Many showed humor despite the serious topics.
14.06.2025, 15:50
14.06.2025, 18:20
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"I'd rather be in the pool", read the cardboard sign of one participant who, like many others, was suffering from the heat. It was 32 degrees in the city center on Saturday afternoon.
But demonstrating was obviously a civic duty for them: equipped with water bottles and parasols, the participants marched from the Rudolf Brun Bridge to Helvetiaplatz.
In a communiqué issued in the evening, the organizers spoke of more than 55,000 demonstrators in Zurich. The topics were familiar, but still topical: patriarchy, wage inequality, violence against women. There was a "Zünftig feminist" float as a side blow to the male-dominated Sechseläuten. As usual, the women's demo was accompanied by loud music. At the end of the block there was therefore also a place for those sensitive to noise: a "quiet block" without music. The demonstration remained peaceful for the time being.
