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TENS of thousands of people took to the streets in Buenos Aires on Monday to demonstrate against femicide and violence against women as rights groups warned that “sexist violence is killing us.”
The capital turned into a sea of green with many adorning the coloured scarves that have become the symbol of the abortion rights movement in Argentina.
Activists are pressing for legalisation of terminations after a Bill was narrowly defeated in the Senate last year. It had initially passed in the country’s lower house.
LEO BOIX reviews two powerful Latin American novels in which myth and crime fiction expose the deadly consequences of patriarchy, clandestine abortion and state violence
Afghan women living under the Taliban are navigating a system that makes their public existence conditional on male approval, writes SHUKRIA RAHIMI
As the world marks International Women’s Day, African women warn that wars, mineral grabs and militarism are drowning out promises of peace. Human rights defender MARIE-CLAIRE FARAY explains
