Women are playing an essential part in fighting for civil rights in Poland, contributing to a shift in the country’s political agenda.
On 15 August 2017, activists from the All-Polish Women Strike (PWS) group attempted to block a march by far-right extremists in Warsaw. They joined other protesters, some carrying white roses – a symbol used by anti-fascists – to launch a mass sit-in and were
forcibly moved by police. Many held up photos of Heather Heyer, who was killed during a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, US.
