10:52Sam Jones (@swajones) On #IWD, my i/v with @CapdeArguelles - Retrieving an untold story: voices of #Spanish female artists finally heard https://t.co/SMUZlHd0ilSeventeen women have been killed so far this year by their partners or ex-partners in Spain, writes my colleague Sam Jones in Madrid. The figure means that more women have died as a result of gender-based violence in the first four months of 2017 than died over the course of last year, when the total stood at 11. Statistics also show that this year has already overtaken 2008 (15 deaths) as the worst year on record for such violence. The situation has prompted protests and led a group of women to go on a month-long hunger strike in the famous Puerta del Sol square in central Madrid. The strikers ended their protest on Tuesday but vowed to press on with their 25-point plan to tackle gender-based violence.

Source: The Guardian March 07, 2017 21:33 UTC