Dia de la No Violencia contra la Mujer
Last saturday marked the day of 'No violence against women' in Lima. Groups and organisations campaigning against domestic violence and for the rights of women went to the Palacio de Gobierno to hand in a manisfesto to el presidente Alan Garcia. Amnistia Internacional en Peru have put up lots of banners around Lima.
Domestic violence is a very big social problem facing peru and a report by OMS (Organizacion Mundial de la salud) makes very stark reading. It has been released that in Cusco, 1 in 10 women have suffered some act of domestic violence. It´s the second highest place in the world after Ethiopia. 42% of the women are aged between 15 and 49yrs. 69% of women from rural areas in peru suffer malnutrition. 
posted by Lou @ 11:39 PM
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