Say NO to violence...

I was listening this morning to the sounds of the town's band and, as our official fair is close, I assumed that it was some parade related with that.

It was a surprise then when I saw a parade celebrating the International Day of Non Violence against Women, a parade with no more than twenty people. Sadly, this type of manifestations doesn't attract the interest of people in the countryside. There was no a general invitation to participate, at least not here. Those participating in the parade didn't carry any message about the topic, only a T-shirt with some logo, unrecognizable at the distance. You could tell that the people marching there were government employees that were "summoned" to participate in this event.

Women should be in first line when demonstrating against the gender violence that is affecting our country greatly. Of course, I don't mean that a simple parade will have an immediate effect but we have to start with something and make our voice listened.
This is a problem for all women. To this day, I have not found a single woman that has not suffered of some type of violence.