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"Thousands of people gathered in the Plaza del Congreso in Buenos Aires to commemorate the 11th anniversary of the 'Ni Una Menos' movement and demand effective measures against gender violence and femicides in the country. Images recorded this Wednesday show the police deployment that took place around the Plaza del Congreso, while thousands of demonstrators carried banners and signs demanding justice for the victims of femicides. "Society in Argentina does not normalize impunity, violence, or cruelty, despite the fact that the far-right government we are in constantly tries to get us used to living with increasingly higher levels of violence," expressed Veronica Gago, a member of Ni Una Menos. At the event, the demonstrators also criticized President Javier Milei, whom they accused of trying to eradicate the category of femicide in the country, as they claimed it affects the understanding of the phenomenon and its causes. "The government of Javier Milei threatens time and again to remove the figure of femicide which, as we always say, is not just a legal category, it is a political category. Because we insist that every femicide is political," added Veronica Gago. The protest was attended by relatives of femicide victims, such as Soledad Serrano, who accused that the cases continue to increase in recent years, and therefore demanded greater support from the Argentine authorities. "It seems to me that the government, by wanting to remove what is the label of femicide, is going backwards," she stated. She explained that recognizing these crimes as femicides is essential to highlight the specific violence women face. Laura Illescas, also a relative of a victim, stated that the impact of a femicide transcends the murdered person and affects their entire environment. "They kill the family day by day," she expressed during the demonstration, where numerous attendees displayed photographs of murdered women and signs demanding justice. Among the demands was also that of Patricia Ortiz, mother of Micaela Ortiz, murdered in 2021. The woman denounced alleged irregularities in the judicial investigation of the case and claimed she had to gather evidence on her own to push the case forward. At the end of the day, the demonstrators reiterated their demand for public policies to prevent gender violence and ensure justice for femicide victims in Argentina. According to a report by the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation published at the end of May, femicides decreased by 12.33 percent in 2025 compared to 2024, with a total of 200 cases throughout the country."
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