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“Butterflies” challenged: Still a long way to go

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November 26, 2024

Women around the world took to the streets on November 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. The women also carried Palestinian flags in the marches. Rosario Munoz, who attended the march in Spain, said, “Although small progress has been made, there is still a long way to go. We must show our anger and continue to demand change.” (News: Derya Doğan)

Women around the world marched to commemorate the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on November 25.
While protests were held in many European cities, Latin America once again echoed with women’s slogans.
Feminist organizations in Mexico City have been protesting from the capital’s iconic “Roundabout of the Women Who Fight” monument to the National Palace in the city’s main Zocalo square. march.
Rosario Munoz, who joined the march in Spain, told the AFP news agency: “This (march) is to show our solidarity with all the women who are abused every day in this country, on this continent. While small progress has been made, there is still a long way to go. We must show our anger and continue to demand change.”
Women wore purple handkerchiefs, which have become symbols of feminism, and green accessories, which represent calls for legal, safe and free abortion, during the marches.
Venezuela’s In the city of Caracas, large groups of women marched through the streets chanting slogans and holding banners.
Organizers called the action the “Butterfly March,” after the Mirabal sisters who campaigned against the dictatorship of Rafael Leonidas Trujillo in the Dominican Republic.
The murder of the Mirabal sisters, who called themselves “Las Mariposas”, meaning butterflies, on November 25, 1960, was a turning point for women.
Every year on November 25, women around the world, including Turkey, take to the streets to challenge male violence. reading.
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