Men attired in orange t-shirts marched down Av. Enrique Jiménez Moya from the Mirador del Sur Park to the Centro de los Héroes to call for an end to gender violence. The Ministry of Women organized the 4pm afternoon march.
The Ministry of Women is also organizing several other events leading up to the 25 November 2017, International No Violence Against Women Day, that was named to remember the heroic Mirabal sisters, Patria, Minerva and Maria Teresa.
Women Minister Janet Camilo explained the Wednesday, 1 November 2017 march provided an opportunity for men to become activists in the call to end violence against women.
As reported in Diario Libre, the Ministry of Women’s new campaign has the backing of the Ministry of Education that has committed to begin a campaign to educate teenagers. Education Minister Andrés Navarro says that this would be a way of tackling the root of the problem.
Local statistics show that from 2005 to date, 1,240 women have been murdered in feminicides, most for rejecting to return to cohabitation with their spouses. So far this year, 84 women, with ages of 13 to 48 years, have been victims of sex-based hate crimes.
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Listin Diario
Diario Libre
Ministry of Women
2 November 2017
