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| Argentine marches condemns domestic violence | |
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| Thousands of people are taking part in a march in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires condemning violence against women. | Thousands of people are taking part in a march in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires condemning violence against women. |
| Marches against "femicide" are also taking place in other cities and in neighbouring Chile and Uruguay. | |
| The protests follow recent cases of violence against women that have shocked Argentina. | The protests follow recent cases of violence against women that have shocked Argentina. |
| Women's rights groups, unions, political parties and the Catholic Church have all backed the marches. | Women's rights groups, unions, political parties and the Catholic Church have all backed the marches. |
| In Buenos Aires, marchers carried banners and wore badges proclaiming "Ni una menos" (Not one less) - the rallying cry for the campaign. | In Buenos Aires, marchers carried banners and wore badges proclaiming "Ni una menos" (Not one less) - the rallying cry for the campaign. |
| Some wore shirts emblazoned with the photos of the victims of domestic violence. | Some wore shirts emblazoned with the photos of the victims of domestic violence. |
| Football star Lionel Messi, who is backing the movement, wrote on Facebook: "Enough femicides. We join all Argentines today in shouting out loud 'not one woman less'." | Football star Lionel Messi, who is backing the movement, wrote on Facebook: "Enough femicides. We join all Argentines today in shouting out loud 'not one woman less'." |
| Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner also took to social media, condemning a "culture that devastates women". | Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner also took to social media, condemning a "culture that devastates women". |
| In the Chilean capital, Santiago, about 100 protesters gathered with signs reading "Mourning and outraged". | |
| Several thousand people also marched in the Uruguayan capital, Montevideo. | |
| Recent cases of violence against women in Argentina include the murder in April of a kindergarten teacher by her estranged husband in front of her class in the central province of Cordoba. | Recent cases of violence against women in Argentina include the murder in April of a kindergarten teacher by her estranged husband in front of her class in the central province of Cordoba. |
| There has also been outrage at the killing of a 14-year-old girl whose boyfriend is accused of beating her to death because she was pregnant. | There has also been outrage at the killing of a 14-year-old girl whose boyfriend is accused of beating her to death because she was pregnant. |
| Argentina adopted a femicide law in 2012 with tough penalties for domestic violence. | Argentina adopted a femicide law in 2012 with tough penalties for domestic violence. |
| Other Latin American countries have also written similar laws into their penal codes. However, campaigners say the laws are not being effectively implemented. | Other Latin American countries have also written similar laws into their penal codes. However, campaigners say the laws are not being effectively implemented. |