Women across Switzerland on Sunday (June 14) staged a scream protest demanding an end to violence and equal pay.

According to reports, more than half a million people took part in the protests.

Nearly 30 years after staging a first nationwide strike for equal pay, women across Switzerland say they are preparing fresh action to push for wage parity next week.

On June 14, 1991 -- 10 years after equality between the sexes was enshrined in the Swiss constitution -- half a million women walked out of their workplaces or homes to protest persistent inequalities.
Three decades on, however, unions and rights groups say things have barely improved.
They are calling on Swiss women to join a fresh strike, again on June 14, to demand "more time, more money, more respect".
Women in Switzerland on average still make 20 percent less than men.
And for men and women with equal qualifications, the wage gap remains nearly eight percent, according to the national statistics office. Filmed by Leila