Hundreds of protesters gathered in central Paris on Saturday to raise awareness ...
Families of victims and activists attend a rally against"femicide", gender-based violence targeted at women, in Paris, France, July 6, 2019. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau
Yelling “Enough” and carrying signs reading “Stop femicides” or “The planet needs women alive”, the crowd took to the Place de la Republique square as part of the demonstration organized by various women’s rights NGOs to protest the rate of femicides, the killing of a woman by a man because of her gender.
According to Interior Ministry figures, 130 women were allegedly killed in 2017 by their husband or partner up from 123 in 2016. Taking to Twitter, French Gender Equality Minister Marlene Schiappa said she supported the demonstration. “I share the anger of victims and their relatives and reiterate my support to this struggle and the government’s determination,” she tweeted.
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