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Demonstrators holding photos of victims of gender violence march outside the National Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, June 3, 2016. Thousands marched under the Spanish slogan #niunamenos, which in English means "not even one less." Women's rights group Casa del Encuentro reports 275 femicides or gender-based killing of women in the past year. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)![Argentina_violence_women_2]()
A demonstrator picks up a flyer against domestic violence, right, that mocks the flyer promoting prostitution that are normally found across the city during a march against domestic violence outside the National Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, June 3, 2016. Women's rights group Casa del Encuentro reports 275 femicides or gender-based killing of women in the past year. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)![Argentina_violence_women_3]()
Thousands of demonstrators march against domestic violence outside the National Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, June 3, 2016. Women's rights group Casa del Encuentro reports 275 femicides or gender-based killing of women in the past year. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)![Argentina_violence_women_4]()
Artist Cecilia Coppo makes a mural that resembles Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man but using a woman as a model during a march against domestic violence outside the National Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, June 3, 2016. Thousands marched under the Spanish slogan #niunamenos, which in English means "not even one less." Women's rights group Casa del Encuentro reports 275 femicides or gender-based killing of women in the past year. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)![Argentina_violence_women_8]()
Demonstrators light flares during a march against domestic violence outside the National Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, June 3, 2016. Women's rights group Casa del Encuentro reports 275 femicides or gender-based killing of women in the past year. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)![Argentina_violence_women_5]()
A woman holds signs that read in English "not even one less" during a march against domestic violence outside the National Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, June 3, 2016. The women's rights group Casa del Encuentro reported 275 femicides or gender-based killing of women in the past year. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)![Argentina_violence_women_6]()
Demonstrators hold placards with a phrase that reads in English "not even one less" during a march against domestic violence outside the National Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, June 3, 2016. The women's rights group Casa del Encuentro reported 275 femicides or gender-based killing of women in the past year. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)![Argentina_violence_women_1]()
Angelica Itati Nunez, center, cries as holds a picture of her relatives who were killed by a man in 2012, while she marches with thousands of people against domestic violence outside the National Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, June 3, 2016. Women's rights group Casa del Encuentro reports 275 femicides or gender-based killing of women in the past year. Nunez was holding a T-shirt with photos of her slain her15-year-old daughter Maria Florencia Martinez, her 6-year-old granddaughter Maria Sol Martinez, and her mother-in-law Hilda Ludovica Hamm. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)![Argentina_violence_women_7]()
Demonstrators, holding the photos of their relatives who were victims of gender violence, march outside the National Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, June 3, 2016. Thousands marched under the Spanish slogan #niunamenos, which in English means "not even one less." Women's rights group Casa del Encuentro reports 275 femicides or gender-based killing of women in the past year. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)Demonstrators take to streets of Buenos Aires to protest violence against women
The rally in Argentina was organized on social media by women's groups under the slogan #NiUnaMenos, meaning "Not one less." Demonstrators wearing the purple wigs that represent the movement flooded the streets in front of the congress building. Many waved flags or wore shirts emblazoned with photos of victims of domestic violence.
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- Demonstrators take to streets of Buenos Aires to protest violence against women
