Sagunto Holds a Minute of Silence Outside Municipal Buildings to Condemn Gender Violence
On Tuesday 12 May, Sagunto's Equality Department called a midday minute of silence outside municipal buildings to condemn a suspected femicide that took place in Madrid.
Sagunto's municipal Equality Department organised a protest gathering on Tuesday 12 May at the entrances to city council buildings. At noon, municipal staff and elected representatives observed a minute of silence to condemn the alleged killing of a 21-year-old woman in a suspected gender-based violence incident in Madrid. The action is part of an established protocol that Sagunto City Council follows whenever a woman is killed in a domestic or gender violence case anywhere in Spain, as a gesture of institutional rejection of such violence. The event reaffirmed the Sagunto City Council's ongoing commitment to defending women's rights and combating gender violence. According to elperiodic.com, municipal staff and elected officials participated in the gathering.