[ The World Times ] Celebrations Protests

Mar. 8 was International Women's Day, a global celebration of women and the movement for equal rights. Originating in the labor and socialist movements of the early 20th century, it is now recognized by the United Nations and celebrated all around the world. The day is often marked by protests or, in countries with relative equality, celebratory marches.

 

This year, the coronavirus shut down marches in some of the places where it is spreading fastest, including Italy and Korea. In China, rather than a day of public demonstration, the day served as a celebration of the women helping to fight the outbreak. In other countries, however, such as Iraq, Venezuela, Belarus, and the Philippines, the marches went on as planned. 

 

In Mexico City, approximately 80,000 women participated in the march, which took place the day before a planned "women's strike." In response to increasingly frequent instances of violence against women in the country, women were urged to stay home from school and work on Monday, Mar. 9, and many of them did just that. 

 

In some cases, demonstrators were met with resistance as the marches turned violent. In Pakistan, a religious group planned a countermarch to protest the celebration and even threw shoes and stones at the women. In Kyrgyzstan, some women were detained by police after being attacked by masked men, who tore apart their signs. In Tukey, the police blocked women from entering the capital city's main square. Last year, the Turkish police had a similar response to the women's march, as demonstrators were driven away with tear gas. 

 

One of the biggest demonstrations in the world took place in Chile, where an estimated 2 million people marched. Though it was clearly a women's march, the rally came in the midst of political upheaval in Chile. Late last year, the high cost of living and inadequate education and healthcare services sparked protests across the country. Though hundreds of thousands of people were eventually arrested, the protests continued until New Year's Eve, when the latest mass gathering took place. Things had appeared to have settled down, but the Women's Day march showed that Chileans are still calling for change. Though gender equality is just one of the many things they are fighting for, on Mar. 8 at least, it took center stage.   

 

*labor n. 노동자, 노동계급, 노동

          a. 노동의, 노동에 관한. 

*recognize v. (어떤 사람.사물을 보거나 듣고 누구.무엇인지) 알아보다(알다) /  인정하다 / 승인하다

*the day 당일, 그날, 그날 하루. 

*demonstration n. 시위(=protest), 데모 / (무엇의 작동 과정이나 사용법에 대한 시범) 설명 / 입증 

*demonstrate v. 입증하다, 증거를 들여가며 보여주다 / (행동으로) 보여주다.

*rather than ~ 보다는

*in response to ~ 에 대한 응답으로 / ~에 응하여, ~에 답하여.

*instance n. 사례, 경우 / v. ~ 을 예로 들다. 

*for instance(=for example) 예를 들어

*urge v. (~하도록) 충고하다, 설득하려하다 / 강력히 권고하다

         n. (강한) 욕구, 충동

*in some cases 어떤경우에는 

*resistance n.(생각이나 공격에대한) 저항

*religious a. 종교의 / 독실한, 신앙심이 깊은 

*religion n. 종교

*countermarch n. 반대행진, 후진, 후퇴 / v. 반대행진(후진,후퇴)하다, 역행하다

*detain v. 구금하다, 억류하다 / (어디에 가지 못하게) 붙들다

*tear-tore-torn v. 찢다, 구멍을 내다 / n. 찢어진데(곳), 구멍

*tear something apart ~을 갈가리 찢어버리다 / tear somebody apart ~의 가슴이 찢어지게 하다.

*estimate n.추정, 추산 / v. 추정하다.

*estimation n. 판단, 평가

*rally n. 집회 / 랠리

         v. (원조지지를 위해) 결집하다, 단결하다

*midst n. 중앙, 한가운데 (=middle)

*in the midst of ~의 한가운데에, ~이 한창일때, ~하는 중에(= in the middle of)

*upheaval n.격변, 대변동

*inadequate a. 불충분한, 부적당한(<-> adequate) / (상황을 처리하기에) 부족한, 무능한

*arrest v. 체포하다 / 막다, 저지하다

*mass n. (정확한 형체가 없는) 덩어리 / (수량이) 많은, 대부분의 ( the/a mass of~) 

           a. 대량의, 대규모의, 대중적인 

           v. 많이 모이다, 떼지어 모이다, 운집하다