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Manifa
(one for all, all for one) Manifa is an annual feminist demonstration organized in connection with International Women's Day on March 8 in various parts of Poland. In Warsaw, it is organized by the informal group Alliance of Women. The name comes from the slang abbreviation for the word manifestacja, used in this form by the anti-government opposition in the 1980s. In 2007 the Manifa was called the "March of Women's Solidarity" (alluding to the Solidarity Movement) and emphasizing the commonalities of women's struggles. It represents the power of women and how they have the moral right to obtain the final say in their decisions. June 4, 2009, was the twentieth anniversary for the celebration of freedom of speech and the will of the people. The first Manifa in 2000 was organized to protest against a violent enforcement of anti-abortion law in Lubliniec, where police officers detained a gynecologist patient during an examination and forced her to undergo a forensic examination. It turned into a nationwide feminist, anti-discrimination, and anti-clerical demonstration. The motto of the first Manifa was "Democracy without women is only half-democracy." In later demonstrations, the focus shifted to economic and employment issues.…
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(one for all, all for one) Manifa is an annual feminist demonstration organized in connection with International Women's Day on March 8 in various parts of Poland. In Warsaw, it is organized by the informal group Alliance of Women. The name comes from the slang abbreviation for the word manifestacja, used in this form by the anti-government opposition in the 1980s. In 2007 the Manifa was called the "March of Women's Solidarity" (alluding to the Solidarity Movement) and emphasizing the commonalities of women's struggles. It represents the power of women and how they have the moral right to obtain the final say in their decisions. June 4, 2009, was the twentieth anniversary for the celebration of freedom of speech and the will of the people. The first Manifa in 2000 was organized to protest against a violent enforcement of anti-abortion law in Lubliniec, where police officers detained a gynecologist patient during an examination and forced her to undergo a forensic examination. It turned into a nationwide feminist, anti-discrimination, and anti-clerical demonstration. The motto of the first Manifa was "Democracy without women is only half-democracy." In later demonstrations, the focus shifted to economic and employment issues.…
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