Each November 25 is commemorated the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. On this day, the femicides of the Mirabal sisters in the Dominican Republic are remembered 60 years ago.
The colective Women in Black Uruguay recorded 41 femicides so far this yeara figure that includes children who died at the hands of their parents, in the context of gender violence, according to the registry to which he accessed The Observer.
Who are members of this organization? They will march this Friday afternoon with posters in which the name of each of the victims will be read —in the event that it has been registered, this is not the case in all—, the age they were and where and when they were murdered.
One of the cases they documented was that of Monica Olivera Palomequewho was 31 years old when he died in the Aramaya hotel fire last October 17.
Another is that of the children of the father who killed his 8 and 9 year old children in the center of Montevideo in april this year and that Justice sentenced 28 years in prison this Wednesday.
The name of Salome, the “trans partner”as was claimed by the Trans Collective of Uruguay after the Montevideo Police will report the death of a 38-year-old man at the hands of his partner. “The press murders again, disrespecting the gender identity of the person, treating them as ‘male’. We urgently demand that those who work in the media and journalists be permanently trained in a gender perspective. We demand reparation and correct the identity of the compañera“, said the trans community in a statement on Wednesday, September 7, one day after the police authorities notified the murder.
There will also be signs with the names of Elizabeth Tamara Borges Rodriguez, valentina ferraz, Shakira Rossana Morales Rey and more women, boys and girls who were killed this year. women in black will mobilize from the Plaza Independencia from 18:00 to the esplanade of the Municipality of Montevideo (IM)reported La Diaria.
In turn, at noon this Friday sThere will be a commemorative act of the date in Torre Ejecutivawhich will be attended by President Luis Lacalle Pou and other government authorities, according to the Presidency agenda.
In this regard, the Vice President Beatriz Argimón ratified her “historic commitment against this scourge” of violence against women. “We must all get involved and contribute to eradicating all forms of violence against women,” the chief insisted in a tweet.
? A new November 25, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, where we ratify our historic commitment against this scourge.
We must all get involved and contribute to eradicating all forms of violence against women. #1MinuteofYou pic.twitter.com/kLxmIq8oAj— Beatriz Argimón (@beatrizargimon) November 25, 2022
