NEW DELHI, 8 March, 2021 (TON): On International Women’s Day on Monday, thousands of women have joined the farm protests on the outskirts of Delhi.

Since December last year, the farmers along with families have been camping at three sites on the outskirts of the Indian capital to scrap the new farm laws.

The women took the stage at one key site, head covered with yellow scarves, raising slogans, holding marches, and addressing the public through loudspeakers to target the laws.

More than 20,000 women gathered at the site near Delhi’s border with the state of Haryana, police and event organizers said.

The farm activist Kavitha Kuruganti said, “This is a day that will be managed and controlled by women, the speakers will be women, there will be a lot of feminist perspectives brought in, and discussions on what these laws mean for women farmers.”  

“It is one more occasion to showcase and highlight the contribution of women farmers both in agriculture in India as well as to this movement.”

Women farmers have as much at stake as men from the new laws, the activist told.

However, considering the largest protests and demonstrations in the capital the PM Narendra Modi has offered to suspend the reforms for 18 months but the agitated farmers denied to cooperate and demanded the repeal of the laws.