Protests erupted in Spain after the body of a six-year-old girl was found inside a bag at the bottom of the sea in Tenerife.

Olivia Gimeno and her sister Anna were taken without permission from their mother by their father Tomas on April 27.

Yesterday night (June 11), people gathered on the streets of Madrid after feminist movements called for rallies across the country.

Thousands protested against femicide and gender-based violence, following the death of the young girl and the recent murder of a 17-year-old woman, killed by her former partner in Martín de la Jara, Seville.

According to Reuters, almost 1,100 women have been killed by partners or former partners since 2003 and 39 children have been killed during attacks on their mothers since 2013.

Protest against femicide, gender-based violence targeted at women in Madrid on 11st June, 2021.
The feminist movement has called for rallies in front of town halls and cities across the country after the rise of macho murders and the discovery of the body of little Olivia on the Canarian coast. " We will throw it", "not one less", "if we touch one, we touch all" are the slogans of this "emergency call", which was
launched after the body of the 6-year-old girl abducted by her father was found at the bottom of the sea and the murder of a 17-year-old girl in Martín de la Jara (Seville) by her former partner was known.

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