On the occasion of the International Day against Sexist Violence, thousands of people will gather in the streets of Bilbao. Following the call of the feminist movement of Euskal Herria, the main quotes will be today in the capitals, at 19:00 hours from the Plaza Sagrada Corazón de Bilbao, in Donostia from Alderdi Eder, in Vitoria-Gasteiz from La Virgen Blanca and in Pamplona at 20:00 from the Plaza del Castillo. In addition, the City of Bilbao will fill with messages against male violence the different squares of the locality and the different spaces of the city.

Under the motto “we do not need you to be free” he will go to Euskal Herriko Bilgune Feminist Street to denounce the security model that is intensifying in violence and demand: resources to guarantee the freedom and dignified life of women, prevention, feminist justice model and steps for the responsibility of every man and community. The Euskal Herriko Neskas* Gazteak network will put in the center of the city a message in favor of feminist self-defense, under the motto "Zure borroka, guk feminist self-defense". Action has been taken since this morning. Among other measures, the entrance of the universities of Vitoria-Gasteiz and Leioa has been blocked to denounce the patriarchal educational system in the Basque Country.

I remember the victims of femicide in Baiona

In Iparralde, however, the mobilizations took place on 23 November, following the appeal of the French collective #noustoutes. About 300 people have spoken in Baiona this morning to denounce sexist violence ekimenak.Tartean. Since the beginning of the year, 117 women have been murdered by male violence in the French state: As far as Iparralde is concerned, there are three women killed this year by their partner or former partner, the last one killed a couple of weeks ago in Baiona.

In memory of these women, the feminists have changed their name to the Plaza de San Andrés de Baiona Ttiki, called “feminicide victims’ square.” "Since 2005, 25 women have been murdered by male violence in Ipar Euskal Herria. They have been murdered for being women," said the Zutik collective. They have also hung the names of the victims in the fences of the sub-prefecture of Baiona, in order to pay tribute to these women and to demand the necessary means to be able to carry out their work against sexist violence. In Bizkaia they have also mobilized on Saturday, with a demonstration convened by 25 women’s groups, from Santurtzi to Sestao.