Friday, March 05, 2010

Embrace Your Inner Marianne! Ni Putes Ni Soumises (Neither Whores Nor Submissives) Organizes a Rally in Defense of Women's Rights


Becoming Marianne.  Ni Putes Ni Soumises (NPNS -- Neither Whores Nor Submissives) is organizing a rally in defense of women’s rights, at the Place de la République, in Paris, France, on Saturday, March 6, 2010, at 12 pm.  NPNS is an international human rights organization that advocates on behalf of women’s rights as universal human rights without compromise.  Thousands of activists are expected to join in the protest to support the French Republic’s values of secularism, gender desegregation and gender equality.  All of the participants will be dressed as Marianne in her distinctive, red Phrygian liberty cap.  Marianne is the French national icon, which symbolizes the foundational values of the French Republic.  The rally is open to the public.  Embrace Your Inner Marianne!




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