Women in Argentina and Peru take to streets to protest gender-based violence

Protesters took to the streets in Buenos Aires to call for an end to gender-based violence in the South American country. Women gathered outside the national congress waving banners and shouting and chanting. Across the country there have been 1,808 femicides since 2008 and the problem shows little sign of abating. There have been more than 250 femicides every year since 2010, with a peak of 295 in 2013. Many Argentines, however, have started to demand official statistics on violence against women, as well as the implementation of Law 26,485 - a law which aims to protect victims of abuse and prevent violence that was passed six years but has yet to be fully implemented. Meanwhile, a similar protest was taking place in Lima Peru.