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Fight against femicides continues in Argentina and across Latin America

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.

Ni Una Menos completes six years, and struggle against gender-based violence continues

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

Police Repression-UK Protests surge across UK against state of women’s safety and police apathy 

33-year-old marketing executive Sarah Everard was murdered last week, allegedly by a Metropolitan policeman in London

Feminist organizations demand abortion rights in Dominican Republic

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

Women across the world demand end to gender-based violence

November 25 is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

Mexico police shoots at anti-femicide protest in Cancún

Three reporters were injured because of police violence, one of them suffering bullet wounds.

Feminists march in Mexico City to demand legal right to abortion

Apart from the capital Mexico City and southern province of Oaxaca, in the rest of the country, abortion is illegal.

Massive protests against gender-based violence in Nigeria force government to take measures

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.