For the first time ever, millions of women came up to form a human chain from Kasaragod to Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala to fight for equal gender rights in India.
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The 620-km long women line connected the north and south end of the Indian state of Kerala.
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So far, 5 million women have participated in the ‘Women’s Wall’ including actors like Zeenath and Usha and local political state across Kerala. It is reportedly one of the largest women gatherings across the globe.
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CMO Kerela tweeted, 'CM Pinarayi Vijayan warmly congratulates all who made Kerala's #WomensWall a great success. The 620 KM long gathering, organized to uphold the values of Kerala Renaissance, saw huge participation of women from all walks of life. This is a momentous occasion in our social life'
Even the government of Kerala has welcomed the protest by saying it doesn’t want Kerala to go back to the dark age.
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During the assembly, the women stood by each other stretching the line through National highway 66, with several women wearing ‘kasavu mundu’-- a traditional dress.
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The wall was organised to support Supreme Court of India verdict on Sabarimala temple, which bans women of menstruating age to enter the premises.
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