After the approval of a law in Texas that restricts abortion until the sixth week of gestation in September 2021, protests in favor of the interruption of pregnancy multiplied in the United States and the scarf appeared on the neck and wrists of women. American protesters.
“It’s a great honor, personally and collectively, that green is now being embraced in America,” Alanis said. “Before, the United States came to Latin America to bring us dictatorships, military bases and poverty. Today, the Latin American green tide arrives in the United States to contribute to the liberation of women”.
Giselle Carino, executive director of Fòs Feminista, an international women’s health organization, said in a statement published on Oct. 15, 2021, that the movement that started in Argentina helped win abortion rights around the world.
“As an Argentine woman, I will never forget what it was like to march through the streets of Buenos Aires with thousands of women and girls wearing green scarves, fighting for our human right to safe and legal abortion,” Carino said.
Alanis explains that the scarf was decided to be green because this color symbolizes “hope, health, life”. However, in several South American countries, the color green is not used by any political party as part of its graphic identity.
“The color green has been decided for a while, since 2005, and this decision was made prior to the 6th Latin American Feminist Meeting and, in part, it was decided to take the color green because it does not represent any political tendency,” explained Gema Ortega, a Chilean feminist. , in an interview with The counter newspaper in 2018.
“In this case, we do believe that it is important to join the victory of the Argentine colleagues, but also understanding that the color green goes far beyond their case,” he added.