- Thousands of women have stressed that they are “fed up with false promises” and have asked all institutions to “commit” to feminist policies. All the women who have been murdered by machist violence have been reminded at the event.
Thousands of women have taken to the streets on November 25 “with the force of rage.” On International Day Against Violence Against Women, the right to live without male violence has been upheld. Convened by the Feminist Movement of the Basque Country, demonstrations have been held in the capitals and in various localities of the Basque geography. “Dolido and harto”, recalled that this year at least five women have been killed in Euskal Herria; since they began to count Machian killings in 2003, 112 women and 11 children have been killed. They denounce that in the last year women and people from the LGTBIQ+ group have suffered “hundreds and hundreds of assaults on the street and at home.”
They have appealed to feminist self-defense to deal with these violence: “To defend our lives, to question the norms we have learned, to deal individually and collectively with violence and diverse realities.” In addition to claiming, the feminist movement has also shown its “collective empowerment”, shouting out the streets and the plazas.
This #25N despite rain, cold and wind? #Bilbao joined in a #Feminist Cry? against the #violenciamachist? Lives free of male violence now? GORA BORROKA FEMINIST! pic.twitter.com/3CvCJghkq6
— Ecuador Etxea (@EcuadorEtxea) November 25, 2021
Today and every day we will say it out loud ... WE WANT LIVES WITHOUT MALE VIOLENCE! pic.twitter.com/hRNTv7FIZP
— Donostiako Bilgune Feminista (@donostikoBF) November 25, 2021
They have clarified that the current model of society is “unsustainable” for “dissident women and genders”. They have therefore rejected both "institutional statements disguised as dwelling" and "false promises" and demanded "real and effective feminist policies", urging all institutions to work to eradicate male violence.
The portal Ahotsa.info collected in a video the demonstration of Pamplona/Iruña:
The pandemic doubles the machistan aggressions
The UN reported on 25 November that since the beginning of the pandemic there has been a doubling of the Machian aggressions. According to a report published around the world, one in three women has at some point suffered machist violence. In addition, only one in ten women assaulted has come to the Police, and many opt for telephone assistance: they have received five times more calls than before the pandemic. The UN has planned a $40 billion fund to help international women’s organisations. They have also called on governments to take "concrete steps" to put an end to this situation.