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| MADRID — Thousands of people took to the streets of countries around the globe on Sunday, a day set aside by the United Nations to raise awareness of violence against women, to protest gender violence. | MADRID — Thousands of people took to the streets of countries around the globe on Sunday, a day set aside by the United Nations to raise awareness of violence against women, to protest gender violence. |
| It was the beginning of 16-day campaign urging individuals and organizations to fight the kind violence that will affect more than a third of women globally during their lives, according to the United Nations. | It was the beginning of 16-day campaign urging individuals and organizations to fight the kind violence that will affect more than a third of women globally during their lives, according to the United Nations. |
| Michelle Bachelet, the former president of Chile and the United Nations’ high commissioner for human rights, said in a video on Twitter: “I support the millions of women around the world who have dared to speak out against violence and harassment.” | Michelle Bachelet, the former president of Chile and the United Nations’ high commissioner for human rights, said in a video on Twitter: “I support the millions of women around the world who have dared to speak out against violence and harassment.” |
| Using the hashtags #MeToo, #NiUnaMenos and #NousToutes, she urged women everywhere to keep telling their stories of violence and “to demand and accountability reparation.” | Using the hashtags #MeToo, #NiUnaMenos and #NousToutes, she urged women everywhere to keep telling their stories of violence and “to demand and accountability reparation.” |
| “All of us, women and men, must come together to end violence against women,” she added. | “All of us, women and men, must come together to end violence against women,” she added. |
| In Madrid, demonstrators seeking to pressure the new Socialist government in Spain to address gender violence held signs reading, “No is No” and “Not one less,” and chanted, “We’re not all here; the murdered ones are missing.” | In Madrid, demonstrators seeking to pressure the new Socialist government in Spain to address gender violence held signs reading, “No is No” and “Not one less,” and chanted, “We’re not all here; the murdered ones are missing.” |
| After reaching Puerta del Sol, the central square of Madrid, they listened as the names of victims were read out. The government calculates that 45 women have been killed in Spain over the past year by their partner or former partner, but the organizers of the protest put the total at 89, including those killed by people outside their own personal circle. | |
| The country has been roiled by recent court verdicts that women say play down the inherent violence in sexual assaults: On Friday, a court in Lleida, in northeastern Spain, cleared a man and his nephew of the more serious charge of sexual assault, the equivalent to rape in Spain, after attacking a woman they had met in a bar. | The country has been roiled by recent court verdicts that women say play down the inherent violence in sexual assaults: On Friday, a court in Lleida, in northeastern Spain, cleared a man and his nephew of the more serious charge of sexual assault, the equivalent to rape in Spain, after attacking a woman they had met in a bar. |
| In a back alley, the men forced her to have sex without her consent, the court was told. They were sentenced to four and a half years for sexual abuse because they were deemed not to have used intimidation or violence, even though the woman pleaded for them to stop. | In a back alley, the men forced her to have sex without her consent, the court was told. They were sentenced to four and a half years for sexual abuse because they were deemed not to have used intimidation or violence, even though the woman pleaded for them to stop. |
| That case followed another gang rape case this year in which five men were cleared of the more serious charge of rape — which must involve violence or intimidation under Spanish law — after dragging a teenage woman into an alcove, assaulting her and filming the attack with their cellphones during the San Fermín running of the bulls festival in Pamplona. | |
| Because the victim said she had frozen in fear during the attack, the judges sentenced the men for “sexual abuse,” describing her attitude as “passive or neutral,” setting off protests in the streets and a call to revamp Spain’s laws. | |
| Women around the world began marching against gender violence in countries like Chile, Ecuador, France, Greece and Italy even before Sunday. Several world leaders took note of the campaign. | Women around the world began marching against gender violence in countries like Chile, Ecuador, France, Greece and Italy even before Sunday. Several world leaders took note of the campaign. |
| “Gender-based violence harms us all,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada said in a statement. “It affects families, schools, and workplaces — and holds back whole communities from reaching their full potential.” | “Gender-based violence harms us all,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada said in a statement. “It affects families, schools, and workplaces — and holds back whole communities from reaching their full potential.” |
| Antonio Tajani, the president of the European Parliament, put a red mark under his eye on Sunday while speaking at a crucial European Union summit meeting on Brexit. | Antonio Tajani, the president of the European Parliament, put a red mark under his eye on Sunday while speaking at a crucial European Union summit meeting on Brexit. |
| “It is not normal that it’s normal,” Mr. Tajani said of gender violence, taking out a red crayon and drawing a line on his cheek — a symbol of domestic abuse. | “It is not normal that it’s normal,” Mr. Tajani said of gender violence, taking out a red crayon and drawing a line on his cheek — a symbol of domestic abuse. |
| Ireland’s anti-rape laws were also in the cross hairs recently when the lawyer of a man accused of rape cited the underwear worn by a woman as a sign of her consent, igniting outrage across the country. | Ireland’s anti-rape laws were also in the cross hairs recently when the lawyer of a man accused of rape cited the underwear worn by a woman as a sign of her consent, igniting outrage across the country. |
| Amnesty International also released a study this past week showing that rape laws across Europe were “dangerous and outdated,” with many countries recognizing rape only when physical violence, threat or coercion is involved. | Amnesty International also released a study this past week showing that rape laws across Europe were “dangerous and outdated,” with many countries recognizing rape only when physical violence, threat or coercion is involved. |
| “Sex without consent is rape, full stop,” Anna Blus, Amnesty International’s researcher on Western Europe and women’s rights, said in a statement. “Until governments bring their legislations in line with this simple fact, the perpetrators of rape will continue to get away with their crimes.” | “Sex without consent is rape, full stop,” Anna Blus, Amnesty International’s researcher on Western Europe and women’s rights, said in a statement. “Until governments bring their legislations in line with this simple fact, the perpetrators of rape will continue to get away with their crimes.” |
| The United Nations has credited the #MeToo movement for spearheading awareness of entrenched gender violence in countries where the issue had struggled to gain prominence: such as in South Korea, where a politician, Ahn Hee-jung, was accused of and acquitted of sexual assault, one of the country’s most prominent #MeToo cases; and in India, where the movement took off with accusations against men Bollywood and brought down a prominent minister. | The United Nations has credited the #MeToo movement for spearheading awareness of entrenched gender violence in countries where the issue had struggled to gain prominence: such as in South Korea, where a politician, Ahn Hee-jung, was accused of and acquitted of sexual assault, one of the country’s most prominent #MeToo cases; and in India, where the movement took off with accusations against men Bollywood and brought down a prominent minister. |
| The #MeToo movement have also taken hold in China, where a Chinese Buddhist leader was accused of sexually harassing at least two female disciples, and in India, where a Catholic bishop in the southern state of Kerala was arrested in September for allegedly raping a nun for years. | The #MeToo movement have also taken hold in China, where a Chinese Buddhist leader was accused of sexually harassing at least two female disciples, and in India, where a Catholic bishop in the southern state of Kerala was arrested in September for allegedly raping a nun for years. |
| This past week, the Catholic Church’s global organization of nuns for the first time publicly denounced the “culture of silence and secrecy” surrounding sexual abuse in the church and urged sisters who have been abused to report the crimes to police and their superiors, according to The Associated Press. | This past week, the Catholic Church’s global organization of nuns for the first time publicly denounced the “culture of silence and secrecy” surrounding sexual abuse in the church and urged sisters who have been abused to report the crimes to police and their superiors, according to The Associated Press. |
| Raphael Minder reported from Madrid, and Yonette Joseph and Iliana Magra from London. | Raphael Minder reported from Madrid, and Yonette Joseph and Iliana Magra from London. |