NiUnaMenos (Peru)
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25 November 2017
Tens of thousands (2017)
 NiUnaMenos of Lima | |
| Date | 13 August 2016 25 November 2017 |
|---|---|
| Location | Lima, Peru |
| Cause | Protest against femicides and violence against women in Peru |
| Participants | 200,000—500,000 (2016) Tens of thousands (2017) |
#NiUnaMenos (Spanish: Not one less) is a Peruvian group against femicides and violence against women in the Andean country.[1][2][3] The movement was formed in July 2016, and the march it staged in August 2016 has been characterized as the largest demonstration in Peruvian history[1]
Statistics
According to Peru's National Statistics Institute 2014 survey, 32.3% of Peruvian women had at some point experienced physical violence from a spouse or partner,[4] and 11.9% had experienced such in the previous 12 months.[5] The country's national human rights ombudsman's office has estimated that every month 10 women are killed by their partners.[6] A 2015 study by the same office revealed that from January 2009 to October 2015, 795 femicides were committed, but the courts had issued only 84 sentences between 2012 and 2015.[7] In 81% of the cases of attempted femicide no measures were taken by authorities to protect the survivor, and 24% of women who turned to the justice system for help were later murdered by the very men from whom they had sought protection.[7]
In 2017, between January and September there were 94 femicides, 5,707 sexual assaults and 21,000 assaults. Of the 5,707 sexual assaults, 71.33% of victims were children.[8]
Movement
The protest was called as a show of indignation following the freeing from jail of convicted batterer Adriano Pozo Arias.[9] In July 2015 Pozo had been captured on video attacking his girlfriend, lawyer Cindy Arlette Contreras Bautista, in a hotel in the city of Ayacucho, and dragging her by the hair.[10] The attack left her with damage to one of her legs, necessitating the use of a cane.[11] On 22 July 2016 a three-judge panel issued Pozo a 1-year suspended prison sentence and ordered him released from jail.[12]