Like every year, dozens of cities and towns throughout Spain will be filled with voices and banners to demand an end to sexist violence and gender inequality. This November 25, International Day against Sexist Violence, demonstrations and protest events will be held in numerous parts of the country, where feminist groups will take to the streets to denounce the multiple forms of violence suffered by women.
In Madrid there will be two different marches that will start at 7:00 p.m. This division is not new, as it is already the third year that two paths have been taken, marked by differences around issues such as gender self-determination for trans people, prostitution and, in 2021, the “only yes means yes” law. ”. On the one hand, there is the demonstration traditionally organized since the late 90s by the Madrid Forum against Violence against Women and the Feminist Movement of Madrid. On the other hand, that of the 8M Commission, which organized the feminist strikes of 2018 and 2019.
Although both demonstrations will start at the same time and will occupy the center of Madrid, the route will be different. The Madrid Forum will go from Cybele until Spain Square under the motto “Fight sexism to eradicate violence against women.” The organizing organizations denounce that, twenty years after the approval of the law against gender violence, the murders of women continue “at intolerable figures while the institutional response also stagnates.” Last year 2023, according to official figures, 55 women were murdered in Spain by their partner or ex-partner, six more than the previous year and so far in 2024, there are 41.
For its part, the march of the 8M Commission will start from Atocha and will end in Alcalá street. The organization considers that, despite the fact that in recent weeks the media focus has been on sexual violence, “it is important to take a comprehensive look that understands that the patriarchal structure goes much further and its multiple types of violence affect us all.” the areas of our lives in the form of femicides, vicarious violence, hate crimes against diversity, economic violence and a long etcetera. This protest defines itself as a “safe space for women and dissidents.”
Demonstrations in the rest of the country
Madrid will not be the only one that will host two different calls. In Valencia Two different days will also be celebrated. The first, organized for Sunday, November 24, will denounce sexist and racist violence. The march will begin at 6:00 p.m. in front of the North Station and will conclude in the Plaza Barón de Cortés.
The next day, Monday, November 25, the Feminist Coordinator of Valencia has called another demonstration at 7:00 p.m., which will cover the route from Puerta de la Mar to the Plaza del Ayuntamiento, with the focus on the DANA tragedy. that has affected the province.
In Asturias The Oviedo demonstration will be on Monday, November 25 at 7:30 p.m. at the Renfe Station. In Barcelonawill begin at 6:30 p.m. from Paseo de Gràcia and Diagonal, and in Cadiz at 6:00 p.m. on Barcelona Street. Bilbao will call for his march at 7:00 p.m. in the Plaza Sagrado Corazón de Jesús, while in Seville The appointment will be at 6:30 p.m. at the Columns in Alameda de Hércules. In Teruel It will be at 20:00 in the Plaza del Torico and in Toledo from Paseo de la Vega at 6:00 p.m. Santander will join the day at 7:00 p.m. at the Puerto Chico Rotunda, and in Valladolidthe demonstration will take place at 8:00 p.m. in Plaza Fuente Dorada.
In addition to these cities, there are many other protests in cities and towns, from where feminist groups will rise up to make visible and condemn all forms of sexist violence.
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