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maltatoday | SUNDAY • 5 DECEMBER 2021
EYEWITNESS
THE 16 women murdered in
Malta since 2010 were remem-
bered in a Valletta demon-
stration that condemned gen-
der-based violence.
Placards with the names of
the murdered women and
shoes symbolising women who
went missing were on display
in front of the law courts as
activists called for violence
against women to be treated
with urgency.
Activists also wore masks
covered in blood as a reminder
that femicide silences women
in the most violent of ways.
The demonstration was or-
ganised by Moviment Graffitti,
Young Progressive Beings and
Women's Rights Foundation.
Drawing on the women's
chant that originated in Chile,
'You are the rapist', activists
directed the message towards
society and the institutions for
failing to tackle the issue with
urgency.
"Society continues to dismiss
misogynistic micro-aggres-
sions as trivial. We continue
to accept sexist behaviour be-
cause 'boys will be boys'. We do
not call it out when in the com-
pany of others. We continue to
insist that 'there are always two
sides to the story,'" the groups
said in a statement.
Murdered women
remembered
