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Colombias senators fail to show up at debate on rampant violence against women
written by Adriaan Alsema August 9, 2017
In spite of increased violence against women, almost three quarters of Colombia’s senators failed to show up to debate measures to curb the growing tragedy.
The debate had been called by Senator Claudia Lopez (Green Party), citing government statistics claiming that every 12 minutes a Colombian woman falls victim to domestic violence and every 29 minutes a woman is sexually abused in the South American country.
The fact that only 35 of 102 senators showed up at the debate on measures to curb these excessive levels of violence infuriated Lopez and other female senators.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/colombias-senators-fail-show-debate-rampant-violence-women/
