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The Plaza Alta has been the scene, as every last Tuesday of the month, a new silent concentration convened by the Association of Progressive Women "Victoria Kent" sexist terrorism, so far this year, has claimed the lives of 56 women. The Association president, María Isabel García Revilla, has called these numbers "scandalous" and appealed to the collective reflection on the terrible social evil, because "everyone must be aware that they must end the gender violence "and that citizens must be involved in this regard," expose and take a step forward "to make known to the victims that" it is possible to leave the violence because there are ways and means to do it”. According to the information pack Association, Andalusia Autonomous Community in which more women have died from male violence so far this year (14), followed by Catalonia with 11, and Madrid and the Canary Islands with five victims each. Only in the last month, eleven women have died and, according to Garcia Revilla stressed, it is significant the percentage of foreign died at the hands of their partners or former partners, but explained that there is a Plan of Care and Prevention of Gender Violence Foreign Immigrant Population by which means are provided for their care and protection. Finally, she referred to the case of the Iranian Sakineh Ashtiani Mohammadi was sentenced to death by stoning, a matter on which she has expressed its strongest protest against such practices and has shown its solidarity with all the voices at the international level, have risen against the ruling.
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