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Puebla, Dec 5 (EFE).- The decriminalization of abortion, justice for victims of femicide and reducing gender-based violence were the demands of hundreds of women who on Saturday participated in the 10th edition of the "Marcha de las Putas," or SlutWalk, in central Mexico's Puebla city.The women gathered at Zocalo area of the city, capital of Puebla state, with purple and green flags and handkerchiefs, highlighting their demands during the march. (Camera: GABRIELA GARCIA).SHOT LIST: HUNDREDS OF WOMEN JOIN THE 10TH EDITION OF "MARCHA DE LA PUTAS" OR "SLUT WALK" IN PUEBLA STATE, MEXICO.
Images show Berlin's Brandenburg Gate splattered with orange paint after activists from the "Last Generation" ("Letzte Generation") environmental collective spray-painted the six pillars of the emblematic monument to warn of the urgency of global warming and demand a change in the German government's policy. The movement is calling for a phase-out of fossil fuels by 2030 at the latest. Police arrested around ten activists near the gate, some of whom were still sitting on the ground, handcuffed. IMAGES
People march in Parkland, Florida to demand tighter firearms laws to curb devastating gun violence plaguing the US, where Republican politicians have repeatedly blocked reforms. March for Our Lives, which is organizing demonstrations around the country, was founded by survivors of the shooting at a Parkland high school in 2018. IMAGES
Caracas, Sep 28 (EFE).- Latin America commemorated International Safe Abortion Day on Tuesday amid battles taking place in courts, across governmental bodies and on the streets.In the region, Argentina, Cuba, Uruguay, Guyana and four Mexican territories have decriminalized abortion. (Camera: IVAN CARDENAS / JACKDWIN SAÉZ). SHOT LIST: PEOPLE PROTEST TO DEMAND THE DECRIMINALIZATION OF ABORTION IN CARACAS, VENEZUELA.
Lima, Sep 28 (EFE).- Members of social and feminist organizations gathered on Tuesday in front of the Peruvian Palace of Justice located in the historic center of Lima, to demand that "legal, safe and free abortion" should be legalized in their country.The participants demanded that all women, transmasculinities, people of non-binary gender, Amazonian, Andean, disabled, neurodivergent, are guaranteed access to legal, safe and free abortion without criminalization, stigmas and religious impositions. (Camera: JUAN PALOMINO)SHOT LIST: GROUPS OF WOMEN PARTICIPATE IN A SIT-IN PROTEST TO DEMAND LEGAL, SAFE AND FREE ABORTION, AS PART OF THE INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE DECRIMINALIZATION OF ABORTION, IN FRONT OF THE PALACE OF JUSTICE IN LIMA, PERU.SOUND BITES: CAROLINA, ONE OF THE PROTESTERS. TRANSLATION: It is necessary to urgently legalize abortion because it is a duty of democracy, it is a burden on women and people who are able to gestate.
San Salvador, Sep 28 (EFE).- Latin America commemorated International Safe Abortion Day on Tuesday amid battles taking place in courts, across governmental bodies and on the streets.In the region, Argentina, Cuba, Uruguay, Guyana and four Mexican territories have decriminalized abortion.However, in Colombia, Chile, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay, Venezuela, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Bolivia and Peru, abortion is illegal except in cases such as rape, fetal abnormalities incompatible with life or risk to the life of the mother.In Haiti, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Honduras, the termination of pregnancy is totally illegal, and carries prison sentences for women who undergo the procedure and for those who carry it out. (Camera: VLADIMIR CHICAS). SHOT LIST: PEOPLE GATHER TO DEMAND DECRIMINALIZATION OF ABORTION IN SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR.