Thousands Protest Ni Una Menos in Argentina After Agostina Vega Murder in Córdoba

Thousands of protesters marched in Argentina on June 3 for the 11th anniversary of the Ni Una Menos movement, with the annual demonstration taking place in downtown Buenos Aires and also in cities including Córdoba, Rosario, San Juan and San Miguel de Tucumán.

“Argentina — Tens of thousands of people marched this Wednesday to the National Congress and in several cities across the interior of the country under the slogans "Ni Una Menos" and "Vivas Nos Queremos," in a new day of protest against gender-based violence and femicides”

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The protests were driven by shock over the murder of Agostina Vega, a 14-year-old girl in Córdoba, whose case Amnesty International Argentina’s Gender and Diversity program director Lucila Galkin said reflects the need to name gender-based violence: "If we do not name this specific form of violence, we cannot understand the problem in all its dimensions nor design effective policies to prevent it."

El Imparcial

In Buenos Aires, protesters gathered in front of the National Congress with signs bearing the faces and names of women who have been murdered or disappeared, and the mobilization also drew calls for justice for Agostina and other recent femicide victims.

TeleSUR said the march motto was "Alive, free and debt-free we want to be," linking the demand to economic autonomy for women and dissidences amid what feminist organizations described as budget cuts since President Javier Milei took office in December 2023.

In Córdoba, protesters also burned tires after Agostina’s femicide, and the case energized the movement with intensified criticism of Milei.

Protesters carried slogans including "Ni Una Menos" and "Vivas Nos Queremos," and Reuters framed the June 3 demonstration as calls for justice for Agostina and other recent femicide victims in Argentina.

Vilma Espinosa, a teacher from Buenos Aires, told the crowd that the movement targets the frequency of killings, saying, "Every 30 hours a woman dies, she doesn’t just die, she is killed."

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In the same mobilization, El Imparcial reported that many participants said the daily fear of violence is part of why they march, including Maia Rojas, a 19-year-old student who said, "It seems like a horrible situation to have to be worried all the time about whether we will reach home."

The Washington Post linked the current wave of outrage to the movement’s origins after the May 2015 killing of pregnant 14-year-old Chiara Páez by her 16-year-old boyfriend, describing how it evolved into a generation-defining movement under the motto "Ni Una Menos," or "Not One Woman Less."

Radio Onda d’Urto said the June 3 mobilization was also a response to what it called the government’s "definanziamento delle politiche di genere" and to femicides described as "da emergenza sociale" for Ni Una Menos.

Activists and lawyers argued that the fight over femicide classification is central to what is at stake, with Amnesty International Argentina’s Lucila Galkin warning that without naming the specific form of violence, effective prevention policies cannot be designed.

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El Imparcial reported that this year lawyers from the Center for Legal and Social Studies tallied 63 femicides registered, while other activists compiled a list of more than 100 names of women murdered this year whom they said were not properly cataloged.

Reforma said 63 femicides had been recorded this year according to lawyers from the Center for Legal and Social Studies, and it also reported that 12% fewer femicide complaints were filed compared with 2024, reaching 200 cases last year according to statistics published by the Supreme Court.

TeleSUR said Ni Una Menos held Córdoba’s judiciary responsible for Agostina Vega’s femicide and labeled it a "state-organized negligence," while also describing the demand for justice and an end to femicides as continuing every year in the squares, in the streets and in the homes.

In the broader political context of the protests, Reforma reported that President Javier Milei has described the feminist movement as "a ridiculous and unnatural fight" and has cut funding for programs supporting victims of gender-based violence, while also promoting removing femicide from the penal code.