Pinoso against gender violence
The first Friday of every month the Pinoso Platform against Gender Violence "el Pinós contra la violencia de gènere" stages a silent protest on the steps of the Pinoso Town Hall. It's a low key event with a few tens of people turning up. There's a banner to stand behind and usually someone reads a poem or says a few words. Someone told us tonight that it's been going on for nearly five years. I have to admit that I've only stood there on about six occasions. More often than not there is a film shown afterwards with an appropriate theme. Gender violence - attacks on women by their partners and ex-partners - is a recurring theme on Spanish current affairs programmes and news reports. Spain is not proud of its record on women's deaths. No death goes unreported. The 016 report and helpline is well publicised. I had a look to see how the numbers compared between Spain, 47 million population. and the UK, population 64 million population. In Spain fr...