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Indigenous Women In Argentina Resist Fracking

Six Mapuche women are resisting fracking operations in the Argentine Patagonia by chaining themselves to drilling rigs. Indigenous women in the Campo Maripe community in the Argentine Patagonia are actively participating in the resistance to “extractivism” by using their bodies to protest fracking. These women have put their bodies on the line, chained themselves to rigs and barricades, in order to protect their land. These six Mapuche women have taken the risk of putting their bodies on the line to stop the drilling rigs from further endangering their community. Aboriginal women ar

Latin America | Argentina | Activism

‘Not One Woman Less’: Massive Demonstration Highlights Killings of Women in Argentina

Source: Vice News

"They are killing us all, and we aren't even a real statistic," Noelia Fioritti, a 19-year old student, told VICE News while standing in front of Argentina's National Congress in Buenos Aires on Wednesday. "I'm here because I want the authorities to be aware of this problem." The problem is femicide, or the gender-related homicides of women, and it was the focus of a massive demonstration that took place in Argentina's capital and in more than 70 cities across the country. Protests against the violent killings of women in Latin America were also organized in Miami, Santiago, and Mon