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200,000 Feminists March in Madrid against Male Violence

GR156. MADRID, 07/11/2015.- Las calles de Madrid han acogido hoy a miles de personas que se manifestan en la primera gran movilización nacional contra las "violencias machistas", una marcha del movimiento feminista a la que se han sumado todos los grandes partidos, sindicatos y distintos colectivos sociales con la que se pide que esta lacra sea considerada una cuestión de Estado y que se reforme la ley de 2004 para contemplar en ella todas las formas de violencia contra las mujeres, no sólo las que se dan en el entorno de las parejas o exparejas. EFE/J. J. Guillén
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The March against sexist violence overflows Madrid

The organization puts attendance  at least at 200,000…..byEliezer Sanchez / Diso Press
The newly elcted feminist mayors of Madrid and Barcelona at the demo.
The newly elcted feminist mayors of Madrid and Barcelona at the demo.

At least 200,000 people, according to the organization, collapsed the center of Madrid, in an unprecedented historic march to demand that the fight against gender violence is a matter of State, as was the motto of the protest. The demonstration, called by more than 400 feminist groups around the state, walked the streets of the capital from the Ministry of Health to the entrance of the square of Spain, where the final communiqué was read. Continue reading “200,000 Feminists March in Madrid against Male Violence”