Gendered street demonstrations

"We can hear sounds of the March 8 women's day demonstration in Mexico City in which Mexican and migrant women and gender diverse people raised their voices against gendered violence and to foster solidarity and equity. The recording relates to the theme of migration as some of the participants are migrants who face multiple forms of violence across Mexico. 

"I joined the demonstration together with a migrants' rights organisation who coordinated a group of migrants and activists to march together. The emotions I felt while recording this piece where anger and frustration about the situation of gendered violence and also love for people who resist and are trying to transform oppression." 

Recorded by Abril Ríos-Rivera.

Part of the Migration Sounds project, the world’s first collection of the sounds of human migration. 

For more information and to explore the project, see https://www.citiesandmemory.com/migration