![]() ![]() ![]() The image was initially created by Ola Jasionowska, a graphic designer and feminist based in Warsaw, for the nationwide Black Protest in October 2016, which back then proposed a complete ban on abortion. One of the main logos of the movement is the image of a woman in profile with a red lighting bolt inscribed with the words strajk kobiet (women’s strike). This weekend’s protests saw an estimated 430,000 people take to the streets across the country, according to police, mainly led by young women. ![]() Women’s rights groups have promised to step up pressure on the ruling Law and Justice Party with thousands defying coronavirus restrictions to protest against the new law. But where did the iconography come from?Įarlier this month, Poland's constitutional court ruled that abortion in cases of severe foetal abnormalities were unconstitutional, effectively closing one of the few remaining legal grounds for abortion in the country. A blood red lightning bolt has become the main symbol of the pro-choice movement in Poland following a near-total ban on abortion. ![]()
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