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Gender violence emergency demands in Argentina
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Gender violence protests emergency demands in Rosario, Argentina
In Rosario, Rosario and across Argentina, feminist organizations and collectives have launched large-scale protests following legislative bodies are intensifying demands for a series declaration of emergency regarding gender-based violence. Following high-profile femicides and attempted femicides. Demonstrators, including in Rosario, activists such as the Asamblea Lesbotransfeminista, Lesbotransfeminista and Ni Una Menos have marched through the city under the slogan “Nuestras ‘Nuestras vidas están en emergencia” emergencia’ (Our lives are in emergency) to demand a emergency). In the province of Santa Fe, organizations including Mumalá are calling for both provincial and national emergency declaration regarding declarations. They cite statistics showing 32 femicides and 62 attempted femicides in the province between January and August 2026. Activists argue that the current administration has weakened institutional support by dissolving the national Ministry of Women, Gender, and Diversity and reducing provincial budgets. In Salta, the provincial Senate has moved toward extending the gender violence against women. emergency status for an additional two years. Sponsored by Senators Alejandra Navarro and Leonor Minetti, the initiative has passed to the Chamber of Deputies. During the legislative debate, officials reported seven femicides and approximately 13,000 complaints filed during the first half of the year. The protests follow several specific violent incidents involving victims Carina Andrea Candelas, Gabriela Banach, extension is intended to secure the budget and Débora Bordón, as well as an attack on a young woman. Data institutional framework required for prevention and assistance programs. These developments follow data from the observatory ‘Ahora Que Sí Nos Ven’ Ven’, which reported 147 femicides and 234 attempted femicides in Argentina between January and July 2026, noting that 64% of aggressors were partners or former partners of the victims. 2026. Researchers have attributed the surge in violence to a national context characterized by “discursive of ‘discursive cruelty and the withdrawal of the State” State’ in preventing gender-based violence. In one instance, a suspect faced charges of triple aggravated homicide involving cruelty and gender-based factors.
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