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Ruta Pacifica De Las Mujeres rejects the assasination in Medellin of one of it’s members.
The feminist-pacifist social movement of women demands respect for the life and integrity of womenParadoxically, while La Ruta was presenting in Bogota the book entitled “Las violencias contra las mujeres en una sociedad en guerra”(Violence Against Women in a Society at War), one of its members,Olga Marina Vergara, was murdered in Medellin, along with her son, her daughter-in-law and five-year-old grandson.
In circumstances that reveal the ignominy of the violence and degradation of the society, Olga Marina Vergara, a member of the Ruta Pacifica de las Mujeres, was assassinated in Medellin.
This feminist-pacifist leader, well-known in the Antioquian capital for her work in behalf of women, was assassinated in her own house in the sector Prado-Centro this Wednesday 24 September, along with her son, daughter-in-law and grandson.
“These deaths and this massacre are unacceptable. With these words, the Ruta Pacifica (a politico-feminist group that works to highlight the effects of war on the life of women) categorically rejects these happenings, which demonstrate, once again, the degradation of the warand the society, as the conditions and circumstances in which they occurred are exceedingly serious. For this reason, we call on the authorities to investigate and determine the motives for what has happened,” indicated Marina Gallego Zapata, National Coordinator for the Ruta Pacifica de las Mujeres.
Likewise, the coordinator of the movement emphasized that the Ruta Pacifica de las Mujeres continues the effort to ensure that the theme of violence against women is not relegated to a position of minor concern andmere circumstantial news in the public agenda. “Ou rinterest is to establish a political and ethical commitment to drawan end to impunity and social permissiveness regarding violence against women, which is intensified in the conflict our country confronts.”
The social feminist organizations that are associated with the Ruta Pacifica de las Mujeres and which work together for a negotiated outcome to the armed conflict in Colombia and for drawing attention to the effects of war in the lives of women, join this rejection of the assassination of Olga Marina Vrgaraand three members of her family.
These same organizations express their solidarity and accompaniment of the family of Olga Marina Vergara.
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