"Why Did Women Journalists Strike in Spain?"

[Photo: Elisa Piñeiro, used with permission. Sign reads “Journalists on strike.”]

  

"Some 8,000 women journalists from Spain, among them the author of this post, recently signed a manifesto called “Journalists On Strike,” which was read during the “Feminist Strike” that took place on March 8 in a dozen cities in Spain.

Neither the manifesto nor the strike were initiated by a union, political party, or media source, as is often the case. For the first time, women television show hosts, radio presenters, and newscasters decided to turn off their microphones in the studio and take their voices to the streets."

Read more from María Luz Moraleda's translated article at Global Voices here.