In a build-up to the centenary of International Womenâs Day and to demand political and policy response to their demands, women led a sit-in protest in the state capital of Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh. With black ribbons and cut-out of locks on their faces protestors, women and men under the banner of Jan Pahel, of which ActionAid is a constituent, sat under a scorching sun raising slogans.
