7,000 people pledged to go on strike in the UK on International Women’s Day, with hundreds gathering in London’s Russell Square and actions also taking place in Birmingham, Cardiff, Edinburgh and Brighton.

The women’s strike “is about solidarity between all women – trans women, women of colour, indigenous, working class, disabled, migrant, sex workers, Muslim, lesbian and queer,” said Noshin Salari Rad, one of the event’s organisers.

Iida Käyhkö, another organiser, said: “We are sick of ‘telling our stories’ and being told to ‘lean in’ when nothing changes in response. We are instead taking action – action against our exploitation under capitalism, where the domestic and emotional work we do for little or no pay is made invisible, while austerity measures force us into a more and more vulnerable position. This is feminism for the 99%.”

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