On 25 May 2007, the Latin American and Caribbean Committee for the Defence of Women’s Rights (CLADEM) and the Institute for Gender, Law and Development (INSGENAR) submitted a petition to the United Nations Human Rights Commission.
In it, the State of Argentina was cited on behalf of LNP, a 15-year-old Qom girl from the province of Chaco who had suffered sexual violence that went unpunished.
The central issue concerned the denial of justice: the girl had not been provided with adequate legal defence, nor with an interpreter to testify at the trial. Furthermore, it was stated that no due diligence had been applied in investigating the case, and that the procedures used had led to the re-victimisation of the girl.
Ultimately, the court’s ruling was laden with discriminatory stereotypes and concluded by acquitting the three men accused.
Chaco, a 7 anõs del caso lnp – logros y obstáculos en materia de violencia contra las mujeres” – Susana Chiarotti – Viviana Della Siega ©2014
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yoEva | Stories of Women Without is an independent project — born without funding or commission — conceived to unfold over several years in order to trace the evolution of femicide across Latin America, as well as the social changes, the possible growth in public awareness, and the development of specific legal or policy frameworks.
yoEva | Stories of Women Without gathers and recounts the testimonies of women affected by acts of femicide, seeking to become a tool for awareness and dissemination — a small drop in the river of change against violence towards women.
ARGENTINA
- 2015: 286 documented cases of femicide
- 2016: 290 documented cases of femicide
- Since 2009: 2,384 documented cases of femicide
- [fonte: ONG La Casa del Encuentro]
“…I am the daughter of a military man, and he would never have accepted that I could divorce.
But I was afraid — for myself, and for my children.
The man I had married was no longer the same.”
…
“It was my birthday — I was turning thirty-six — and he killed them. My son was four years old. My daughter was two.
I died with them.”
25 November – International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
YoEva – Stories of Women Without takes part in the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women in a silent way — by working alongside women, gathering their testimonies, and sharing their stories so that their voices may be heard.
“…Mine was the same condition as the women in my family before me. There was nothing unusual about it.”
Madres Víctimas de Trata Focused
Buenos Aries, marzo 2017
I met Margarita Meira of MADRES Víctimas de TRATA — sixty-eight years old and not showing it.
Twenty-five years ago, her daughter was abducted by a prostitution trafficking network and later killed. Since then, Margarita has devoted her life to rescuing and restoring dignity to the girls who have fallen victim to trafficking.
Mediterraneo Festival
