Puerto Rican Women On The Front Lines

por Ada Álvarez Conde para Forbes

“As a proud dating violence awareness activist, I marched with them, took to the media to speak about gender equity, and reported on the protests as they occurred via social media. I saw young women and people who had never marched before get involved. A young activist, Aliana Bigio, used art to protest. She and other women taped their mouths shut and wrote "resign" or the insults used against women in the chats across their lips. Women also participated in “cazerolazos.” Nightly at 8:00 pm, women across the island banged on pots and pans from their homes in a chorus of activism. Entire families became part of the organic mobilization that erupted because of the painful reality of government corruption.”