November 25, 2008

Not One More: Stop the Violence March

Governmental figures, university students, and human rights groups held a peaceful march down Avenida Central today for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. They marched from Central Park to the Legislative Assembly where they declared impunity against 4 of the 7 judges of the Judicial branch responsible for recently revoking two articles in the law for violence against women -- physical abuse and emotional violence. These women from CEFEMINA, the Feminist Center for Information and Action, an NGO that fights to improve the quality of life and equality for women, hold signs with the names of women who have died as victims of violence.

"For a life with dignity and free of abuse for all women."

Message to the press.

Marchers posted about 30 names, of women who died from violence, in front of the Judicial branch building with the photos of the 4 judges who voted against the law that would have protected them.

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