How did the participants in our project against violence and environmental destruction organise International Women’s Day this year? Many of them took part in a demonstration on 8 March, where fellow civil society organisations came together to hold up their voices and placards for women’s rights in El Alto. On the same day, a workshop was offered to all project participants in which women’s rights and ways of asserting them were analysed. The serious part of the workshop ended with “Zumba”, a collective dance exercise in which the women were able to take a break from the stress of everyday life in a city of millions on the outskirts of La Paz that is still characterised by violence and environmental destruction. And obviously had a lot of fun doing it.