Mayor Halsema emphasized the crucial role of women during wartime, noting their active participation as soldiers, doctors, journalists, and resistance fighters, while also highlighting the historical violence against women, including sexual assault and forced sterilizations, which she qualified as a reflection of societal issues, and she pointed out that this violence continues today in places like Iran and Sudan as she addressed hundreds of participants at a silent march commemorating victims of the Holocaust. #WomenInWar #GenderEquality #HumanRights