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Thousands of women from across Latin America took action this Monday to commemorate the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Demonstrators wearing purple scarves, a symbol of feminism, and green scarves advocating legal abortion, toured the region’s major cities.
Thousands of women from everywhere Latin America They mobilized to commemorate this Monday International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Demonstrators wearing purple scarves, a symbol of feminism, and green scarves advocating legal abortion, toured the region’s major cities.
inside mexico cityfeminist groups marched from the Fighting Women’s Junction to the Zócalo. Inside Caracas, VenezuelaWomen participated in the Butterfly March, a tribute to the Mirabal sisters who were killed on November 25, 1960, for opposing the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo.
Evelyn Pinto, one of the protesters in Caracas, drew attention to the courage of those marching: “We are the ones showing our faces today.” Similar protests were held in Chile and Ecuador. Christ the Redeemer of Río de Janeiro It was illuminated in memory of history.
