Quito Ecuador: over 9,000 women victims of violence between Jan.-Sept. 2012

Today is the international day of non-violence against women

Only 20.6% of the abused filing the complaint. It is estimated that from January to September, 45,400 were victims of violence The City Council created the Centers of Equity

Within a month, this dependence is serving 1250 domestic violence cases. According to Metropolitan Security Observatory, between January and September this year there were 9,361 complaints of mistreatment of women in Quito. Also detected five parishes where the death of women from violence is more prevalent: Turubamba, Conocoto, The Railway, Mariscal Sucre and Calderon. Read Article