New awareness of mistreatment of women in Spain
This newspaper article has been published by the French newspaper "le Monde" on the 9th of March 2019 https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2019/03/09/l-espagne-pionniere-de-la-lutte-contre-les-violences-faites-aux-femmes_5433684_3210.html Violence of men against women: Spain is waking up Since 2004, the country has put in place measures in order to protect the victims of maale violence agaainst women. In 2018, 47 women died, and in 2003, even 71 did. If we had to set a date for the beginning of a generalized awareness of violence against women in Spain , it would be the 17th of December 1977. On this day, sixty year old Ana Orantes has been burnt alive by her ex-husband. Ten days before that, this Andalousian mother of 8 kids testified on TV that she had been mistreated, humiliated and isolated by her husband. In front of the viewers, she explained that after the legalization of her divorce in 1981, she had more than 15 complaints against him, without gettin...