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Peru protests against gender violence draw 50,000
10 years agoA handout picture released by the Peruvian national news agency ANDINA shows President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski participating with thousands of demonstrators in the "Ni una menos" (Not One Less) march through the center of Lima to the palace of justice holding banners and posters condemning gender violence and femicide - gender-based killings - on August 13, 2016. HO STR / ANDINA / AFP
The country recorded 95 murders of women last year. An additional 54 have taken place this year, together with 118 attempts, according to official figures.