Collective Action
Women's march on mother's day towards port of Beirut denouncing Lebanon's political class
Around one hundred women, including mothers, demonstrated in crisis-hit Lebanon on Saturday on the eve of Mother's Day in the country, expressing outrage at the ruling class. The women marched from an area once on Beirut's dividing line during the 1975-1990 civil war, to the city's port. Many of them were wearing black, and some carried banners denouncing Lebanon’s political class, which they accuse of corruption and negligence that led to the explosion, as well as the country’s worst economic crisis in its modern history.
Date:
March 21, 2021
Actors/ Mobilising structures:
Collective / informal group
Multi-organisational field (collaboration, allies) :
N/A
Mode of Action:
March
Objective:
Reform (advocating for limited change in political, socio-economic etc.)
Solidarity with minorities (sexual, ethnic, migrants etc)
Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA:
Corruption
Policy Grievances
Spatial characteristics:
Location on the Lebanese territory
Frequency:
One off
State response:
N/A