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“During the Algerian War of Independence, the French launched a campaign to “liberate” Algerian women from the veil, parading unveiled women in propaganda ceremonies while simultaneously brutalising and raping them in detention centres.
The French, of course, were never concerned about gender equality in Algeria (…)”

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/3/8/international-womens-day-is-for-the-few-not-the-many

Quoting @mkpetkova : https://mastodon.world/@mkpetkova/114126479072772531