“Ni Una Menos” was felt in Mendoza

Hundreds of Mendoza residents gathered in the city center on Monday afternoon to march and demonstrate new demands on the ninth anniversary of the movement against gender violence“Not one less“.

The route programmed by the feminist collective for the mobilization began on Avenida San Martín and Peatonal Sarmiento. From there they advanced towards Las Heras and then Patricias Mendocinas, until they culminated in Plaza Independencia.

“We gather in the streets because femicide rates are increasingly higher”explained Gisela Dell, head of the Mujeres Evita organization in Mendoza. Gisela maintained that due to this situation, “the movement is getting bigger“.

The importance with which many women understand the Feminist movement It was confirmed with the expressions of Natalia Ochoa (Somos Marea Mendoza): “It has helped many of us a lot to escape the violence in our homes. Since the first march in 2015, many women have been able to say ‘enough’”.

Among the demands expressed in this afternoon’s mobilization, the presence of different groups of sexual and identity diversities was highlighted as a stronghold of great importance for the feminism.

This is how Gabriel, part of the LGBT community and the Igualdad Evita organization, described it: “You don’t have to be a woman to be a feminist. We are not even last in line, we are out of line“, alluding to the invisibility that – he understands – his group experiences.

Gender violence in figures

According to data provided by the social research company Voices and the pollster Win, In Argentina, 44% of women have been victims of gender violence in the last 12 months.

The study revealed that in addition two out of 10 indicated having received physical violence in this same period of time.

On the other hand, the survey detailed that in our country 7 out of 10, that is, 70% of the women surveyed said they felt unsafe walking alone at night in your own neighborhood.

In this context, feminist mobilizations have sought to show the dramas caused by gender violence. After 9 years of femicide of Chiara Paezfeminist groups in Mendoza understand that they still have to appear from time to time in the streets so that their demands remain present.