Argentine newspaper publishes massive obituary of femicide victims
JUNE 3, 2020 / 8:04 PM / UPDATED 14 MINUTES AGO
Oscar Lopez
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MEXICO CITY (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Argentina’s largest newspaper on Wednesday published an obituary filling several pages with the names of more than 300 women and girls killed because of their gender, calling attention to the growing crime of femicide.
The Clarin newspaper printed the list to mark the five-year anniversary of the South American country’s first “Not One Less” march held in protest of the rising femicide rate.
Argentina has recently seen a surge in femicides, with the number of women killed reaching a 10-year high under coronavirus lockdown last month, according to a leading rights group.
“Behind the statistics of femicides are the stories of women and girls who are murdered daily because of their gender in Argentina,” the paper wrote in an editorial.
The list features more than 300 names, including transgender women, who were victims of femicide in the last year.
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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-argentina-women-femicide-trfn/argentine-newspaper-publishes-massive-obituary-of-femicide-victims-idUSKBN23B03Q
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