‘Every 30 Hours’ an Argentine Woman Dies
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A protestor at the Ni Una Menos demonstration. | Photo: Reuters
Despite the inclusion of "femicide" in the criminal code in 2012, only one man has been sentenced for femicide charges since then.
Director Alejandra Perdomo’s latest documentary is focusing on one of Argentina’s burning issue of gender violence, which kills one woman every 30 hours in the country.
ANALYSIS: Argentine Women in Forefront Against Femicide
Including testimonies of victims of gender violence, relatives of women killed, from all ages and social status, as well as experts, the documentary was the result of "the daily concern of opening a newspaper, listening to the radio or TV and find out about another femicide."
The film tries to “show the hope beyond the pain,” said Perdomo to EFE, showing how pa...