Human hair wall to be built in Downtown Vancouver to show solidarity with Iranian women
Posted December 3, 2022 11:30 am.
Last Updated December 4, 2022 5:55 pm.
The YWCA is building a wall of human hair in downtown Vancouver as part of a protest demonstration to express their support for women in Iran.
The demonstration took place in front of the Vancouver Art Gallery Saturday afternoon.
The YWCA is building a wall of human hair in downtown Vancouver as part of a protest demonstration to express their support for women in Iran. (CityNews Image)
YWCA will be using hair to create a wall that reads “Woman. Life. Freedom.”
Tamineh Sadeghi took part in the demonstration Saturday and says the Iranian regime forces women to cover up their hair as a means to exert control.
“Women in Iran started cutting their hair to show ‘if this is the reason you are covering me…and making me invisible, I’m going to get rid of this hair and see what other excuses you will have to make us invisible,” she said.
Another demonstrator, Amy Juschka says she wanted to show support for Iranian women around the world.
“We hear them, we see them, we support them,” she said.
Protests in Iran and around the world have continued following the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody in September.
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Over the last months, women have been seen chopping off their hair and burning their hijab in a show of defiance.
Thousands of protesters are expected to show up at Saturday’s protest to have a lock of their hair to be added to the piece.
With files from Angela Bower
