"A Peruvian girl is a full-time Little Red Riding Hood. Quite early she learns she has to take this, and not that other, road; that she must watch her back, and feign that she did not hear what they shouted about her vagina...
A Peruvian woman seldom has the opportunity to react, because self-defense for a woman means rape and murder. The law treats her as the rapist did: Even her miniskirt may justify the crime in court. It is like being raped twice...
The outrage was channeled through a Facebook group, #NiUnaMenos. Its goal was to facilitate a large mass demonstration in the streets of Lima, and replicate the impact of protests in Buenos Aires and Mexico City. Something astonishing happened: thousands of women shared their testimonies of violence. They uploaded pictures of their bruises, their scars, their bloodshot and teary eyes. They named their victimizers. It is historic, it is painful, but it also fills you with hope to see how thousands of Peruvian women lost their fear and decided to unite.
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