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Mexican women strike in protest at gender violence

Byindianadmin

Mar 10, 2020
Mexican women strike in protest at gender violence

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Protesters carried pink crosses to mark the victims of gender-based violence.

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The demonstration, called “The Day Without United States”, saw ladies throughout the country stay home from work and school on Monday.

An estimated 10 ladies are killed each day in Mexico and police are investigating more than 700 cases of “femicide”, the killing of women.

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Ladies stayed at home from work and school throughout the nation.

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” This is what a society without ladies would look like,” Jorge Luna, a 21- year-old worker at a cafe where just male staff turned up for work, informed AFP news firm.

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Pairs of ladies’s red shoes are seen here displayed next to a toy weapon.

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