Close to the premiere of the national film Reinas Sin Corona, various figures from entertainment, journalism and politics joined the campaign, which was started by Sinargollas Producciones, producer of the company Acción Comunicativa; to raise awareness and stop the wave of violence against women in Peru.
Figures such as Junior Silva, Diego Dibós, Gian Piero Díaz, Ivonne Frayssinet, Javier Valdés, Marcelo Oxenford, Rossana Fernández Maldonado; journalists Pilar Higashi and Katia Cruz, former congressman Francesco Petrozzi, among others; They regretted that the numbers of mistreatment of women in Peru and Latin America continue to increase.
The Peruvian characters highlighted that from January to August 2022 about 74 women were victims of femicide. While 2021 closed with 147 femicidea figure higher than that of 2020, where 138 women were murdered for being women.
Other data that the artists highlight is that, in 2019, before the pandemic, 148 femicides were registered and in 2021 nearly 5,000 disappeared. In addition, they reveal that 58.9% of people tolerate or justify violence against women.
“How many times have we heard this phrase: ‘it became another figure of violence against women’ or the phrase ‘it added to the long list of murdered women'”, point out the actors Rossana Fernández Maldonado and Javier Valdés. While Pilar Higashi, highlights: “lcases of violence against women They are alarming and should not be taken lightly.”
While with one voice Estrella Torres, Ernesto Pimentel, Ivonne Frayssinet, Alexia Barnechea, Julio Marcone, among others assert: “The numbers must stop!”, “We want to tell their lives, we want to count their victories, not their deaths…”“We want to say that the police learned to deal with cases. no more silence”, “Be brave and denounce the aggressor.”
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