ibtimes.co.uk http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/femicideprotestshowprevalentviolenceagainstwomenargentina1504449 By Lydia Smith June 4, 2015 14:22 BST Femicide protests: How prevalent is violence against women in Argentina? Demonstrators outside the Congress in Buenos Aires demand policies to prevent femicides(Reuters) The body of 14yearold Chiara Paez was found underneath her boyfriend's home in the Argentine city of Rufino in May. She was beaten to death and buried after he discovered she was pregnant. One month earlier, the estranged husband of Maria Eugenia Lanzetti, a 44yearold preschool teacher in the province of Cordoba, burst into her classroom and slit her throat in front of her pupils. These recent, highprofile cases of femicide have sparked widespread protests across Argentina. Thousands marched with banners and posters emblazoned with "ni una menos" – not one less – in a rallying call to end genderbased violence. And while at first glance the murders of Paez and Lanzetti appear to be unrelated, yet no less tragic, this is simply not the case. Around 1,800 women were murdered in Argentina because of their gender between 2008 and 2014 according to La Casa del Encuentro, a women's rights organisation in Buenos Aires. There were 77 femicides in 2014 alone, the group reported. A pattern is emerging and these cases are not separate – Argentina is experiencing an epidemic. Femicide, defined by feminist Diana Russell as the murder of women because they are women, is a global problem. According to preliminary findings of a World Health Organization study with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, more than 35% of all murders of females worldwide are reported to be committed by an intimate partner – known as intimate femicide –which is fuelled by misogyny and inequality.
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7/20/2015 Femicide protests: How prevalent is violence against women in Argentina?
Femicide protests: How prevalent is violence against women in
Argentina?
Demonstrators outside the Congress in Buenos Aires demand policies to preventfemicides(Reuters)
The body of 14yearold Chiara Paez was found underneath her boyfriend's home in the Argentine city of Rufinoin May. She was beaten to death and buried after he discovered she was pregnant. One month earlier, theestranged husband of Maria Eugenia Lanzetti, a 44yearold preschool teacher in the province of Cordoba,burst into her classroom and slit her throat in front of her pupils.
These recent, highprofile cases of femicide have sparked widespread protests across Argentina. Thousandsmarched with banners and posters emblazoned with "ni una menos" – not one less – in a rallying call to endgenderbased violence. And while at first glance the murders of Paez and Lanzetti appear to be unrelated, yetno less tragic, this is simply not the case.
Around 1,800 women were murdered in Argentina because of their gender between 2008 and 2014 according toLa Casa del Encuentro, a women's rights organisation in Buenos Aires. There were 77 femicides in 2014 alone,the group reported. A pattern is emerging and these cases are not separate – Argentina is experiencing anepidemic.
Femicide, defined by feminist Diana Russell as the murder of women because they are women, is a globalproblem. According to preliminary findings of a World Health Organization study with the London School ofHygiene and Tropical Medicine, more than 35% of all murders of females worldwide are reported to becommitted by an intimate partner – known as intimate femicide –which is fuelled by misogyny and inequality.
7/20/2015 Femicide protests: How prevalent is violence against women in Argentina?