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| Are you taking part in the Argentina protest over violence against women? Are you taking part in the Argentina protest over violence against women? | |
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| Organisers have called on women in Argentina to take part in a national strike to protest over violence against women. Hundreds of thousands are expected to join the protest on Wednesday after a 16-year-old girl was raped and tortured. | Organisers have called on women in Argentina to take part in a national strike to protest over violence against women. Hundreds of thousands are expected to join the protest on Wednesday after a 16-year-old girl was raped and tortured. |
| Women in the country have been called upon to stop work, study and other activities for an hour at 1pm. “In your office, school, hospital, law court, newsroom, shop, factory, or wherever you are working, stop for an hour to demand ‘no more machista violence’,” wrote the march organizers. | Women in the country have been called upon to stop work, study and other activities for an hour at 1pm. “In your office, school, hospital, law court, newsroom, shop, factory, or wherever you are working, stop for an hour to demand ‘no more machista violence’,” wrote the march organizers. |
| The protest – marked with the Twitter hashtag #MiércolesNegro, or Black Wednesday – was prompted by the abduction of Lucía Pérez, a schoolgirl who was drugged, raped and tortured earlier this month in the coastal city of Mar del Plata. | The protest – marked with the Twitter hashtag #MiércolesNegro, or Black Wednesday – was prompted by the abduction of Lucía Pérez, a schoolgirl who was drugged, raped and tortured earlier this month in the coastal city of Mar del Plata. |
| Every 30 hours a woman is killed in such crimes, according to statistics kept by La Casa del Encuentro, an NGO which helps female victims of violence. | Every 30 hours a woman is killed in such crimes, according to statistics kept by La Casa del Encuentro, an NGO which helps female victims of violence. |
| The strike starts at 1pm (local time), with the ceasing of all work and private activities, followed by a march congregating on the main Plaza de Mayo square in Buenos Aires. | The strike starts at 1pm (local time), with the ceasing of all work and private activities, followed by a march congregating on the main Plaza de Mayo square in Buenos Aires. |
| If you are protesting we’d like to hear from you. Whether you’ve stopped what you’re doing at home or at work, share your photos, videos and stories with us. We’d also like to hear from you if you’re taking part in the march in Buenos Aires. | If you are protesting we’d like to hear from you. Whether you’ve stopped what you’re doing at home or at work, share your photos, videos and stories with us. We’d also like to hear from you if you’re taking part in the march in Buenos Aires. |
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