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march was held in the center of the capital, culminating at the
National Congress, where protesters lit candles to remember
victims of gender-based violence. Marchers held banners that
read "We want to stay alive" while others featured photographs
of femicide victims.
According to the Women's Office of the Argentine Supreme Court
of Justice, an average of one femicide was recorded every 35
hours in the country last year, with 81% of those killed
classified as victims of domestic violence.
"Many women who ended up murdered had (made claims) with the
police and had lodged previous complaints in the Ministry (for
Women). They still ended up murdered," Marina Perez, a
50-year-old railway worker, said.
"There is still no immediate answer to the violence," she added.
By evening, the lights illuminating the Argentine parliament lit
up in pink in solidarity.
"What happens to us here is that justice is slow and it's
patriarchal," said Alejandra Lume, a 58-year-old Argentine woman
who carried a sign that read "Old women are also killed."
"Despite the many complaints they make, women are often not
listened to, they are not cared for and in general those who
die, die after having made many complaints," said Lume,
surrounded by the sound of women singing and the beat of drums.
(Reporting by Horacio Soria and Miguel Lo Bianco; Writing by
Maximilian Heath and Isabel Woodford; Editing by Stephen Coates)
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