Anti-war Groups to Highlight Women and Children Issues at G20 Summit

A group on anti-war protesters over the weekend announced plans to set up a “tent city” at the site where the Group of Twenty (G20) economic summit will took place in a bid to convince member countries to focus its attention on women and children’s plight during wars.

One of these groups is Code Pink, an anti-war advocates, which is calling for the G20 to highlight the plight of women and children forced into refugee camps during wars. The groups said that this issue deserves to be discussed by the member of the Top 20 countries, saying that social injustice often exists in these conditions.

However, experts said that majority of the activist groups are only using the G20 summit to push their own agenda, much like what they did in the past.

Violence also often ensued during these types of demonstration rallies as protesters insisted in pushing forward beyond the established police lines.

“The G20 economic summit is a good target for these groups,” Domenico Lombardi said.

Meanwhile, the protesters said that they will help ensure peace during rallies, saying that globalization and economic policies of the governments is the one that should be blamed.

“We are not the enemy. We just want our leaders to know what are the things that they need to focus on. Like the violence that is going on in refugee camps where women and children are being exploited,” a volunteer said.