The tour started with a minute of silence like every week. The route is in the form of eight, referring to femicid rates in the Netherlands: once every eight days a woman is murdered because she is a woman. The participants are of all ages, from a boy who is pushed by his father in a pram to women who have experienced the first Dolle Mina’s. The signs included ‘she had dreams, not a grave’, ‘your ego is not our concern’, ‘right to the night’ and ‘not all men, always men’.
Viewers along the route can get a flyer with information about women’s murder and are asked if they want to walk. A man along the route cannot appreciate the invitation if an campaigner points out that femicide is “a men’s problem”. The seventies gets angry and gets support from a peer a few meters away. “Don’t have a big mouth now,” he shouts to her. “Typical,” the lady concludes, and quickly joins the procession.
Initiative of Dolle Mina’s Rotterdam
De Mars was organized for the first time on 3 August by the Dolle Mina’s Rotterdam. People from all over the country, including Groningen, walked along, says Joice Alves Dos Santos. She continues to organize the Mars every Sunday until September 22. Then an initiative memorandum from Songül Mutluer in the Chamber is discussed. In that memorandum there are points that the PvdA MP misses in the current Stop approach Femicide Cabinet Plan.