NO to gender violence
feminist groups repudiated the sexist abuses in the Festa Major de Gracia.
One of the most traditional, important, creative and mass participation is the Festa de Gracia in Barcelona, which takes place from the 15 of August. There, Feminists Gracia companions called for a mobilization the night before the start of the party under the slogan "The night is our".
All dressed in white, women marched through the streets, stopping at emblematic neighborhood to denounce gender violence.
In one of the stops, in the Plaza de la Virreina, our colleague Flor was one that read the press Marea Verde Barcelona on the struggle for Legal Abortion in Argentina. Hard to continue the fight for our rights and to denounce the violence that we live daily, share in the beginning of this traditional festival.
Unfortunately during the afternoon facts and figures that they show that we must continue this fight more strengthened before they met. During the celebration were counted: 2 possible violations, 9 expulsions, 17 complaints and 1970 consultations. Given these facts of violence against women, 21A afternoon, Feministas Grace reconvened concentration repudiation Square Vila. And there we got back the companions of Boards and Marea Verde. Because the fight against sexist attacks will not stop. Let's keep force until capitalism and patriarchy fall together.