Since 2015, every year, the movement Ni Una Menos or ‘Not One (Woman) Less’ organizes massive marches across the country to raise voice against violence against women and non-binary people.
The Ni Una Menos movement was founded in 2015 in Argentina with the aim to demand an end to all forms of gender-based violence. On the anniversary of its founding, Argentinian women and non-binary people claim their rights with renewed vigor
33-year-old marketing executive Sarah Everard was murdered last week, allegedly by a Metropolitan policeman in London
During his election campaign, newly elected President Luis Abinader promised to support abortion rights. However, the president of the chamber of deputies from Abinader’s party proposed to draft a new penal code without including them
November 25 is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
Three reporters were injured because of police violence, one of them suffering bullet wounds.
Apart from the capital Mexico City and southern province of Oaxaca, in the rest of the country, abortion is illegal.
The cabinet has called on all state governments to implement Violence against Persons Prohibition Act (VAPPA), 2015, a key demand of protesters. The parliament’s upper house also pushed legislation for protection of victims from stigma.