24 Hours of Feminist Solidarity
One of the initiatives of the World March of Women is the commemoration of the Rana Plaza disaster that occurred on April 24, 2013 in Bangladesh. At that time, more than a thousand workers died in the collapse of Rana Plaza, an eight-story building housing textile garment factories.
Several thousand others were injured in this tragic event. Most of the clothing manufactured in this factory was sold all over the world, including in Canada and the United States. This tragedy has become a symbol of the exploitation linked to the capitalist and patriarchal globalization of the production and consumption economy.
Feminist Solidarity Day Against Transnational Corporations
Each year, the organization of the World March of Women engages in a feminist solidarity process against the power and impunity of transnational corporations on April 24. Thus, actions are undertaken around the world to denounce the exploitation of women.
Celebrations and Activities—World March of Women
The Coordination du Québec de la Marche mondiale des femmes (CQMMF) has also published a guide to running a feminist autonomous popular education workshop (ÉPAF). This guide offers a number of suggestions for activities designed to deepen the year’s orientations around four blocks:
History | Violence | Poverty | Environment.
It is available in digital or print format (in French only).
Between now and the World March of Women’s flagship gathering on October 18, 2025 in Quebec City, under the theme Encore en marche pour transformer le monde, other mobilization events are planned.
The CQMMF has confirmed that it will be holding celebrations to mark the 30th anniversary of the Bread and Roses March:
- Local marches from May 26 to June 4
- Gathering in Quebec City to celebrate the anniversary on June 7
- National Day of Remembrance for Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women, Girls and Two-Spirited People: October 4, 2025
CQMMF: “Visual by Maia Faddoul