The Faculty of Law and Political Sciences of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo, the Office of the First Lady's Office and the Commissioner for the Reform and Modernization of Justice, held this Thursday "March of the Brides" in memory of Gladys Ricart Dominican Republic, killed by her ex-boyfriend in the U.S. on their wedding day.
The event, where dozens of women marched dressed as a bride, had as its starting point the Aula Magna of the Primacy of America and developed on the campus of the house of higher learning within the framework of the XVI International Family Congress taking place in the academic institution from 18 and until 22 October in progress.
The Dominican Republic thus became the first country in Latin America and the Caribbean to perform the "March of the Brides", initiated in 2001 (second anniversary of Ricart's death) by Josie Ashton, a former paralegal office District Attorney of Miami and Dominican origin, who decided to remember this event for victims of violence domestic. Ashton
quit his job and went dressed as a bride for 72 days and since then struggle to combat abuse against women, organizing marches of this type in several countries as a means of creating awareness about this situation and that the women in around the world to unite and denounce those who are subjected.
The activity was led by the Dean of the Faculty of Law and Policy UASD, Holy Innocent Mercedes, the Burmese teacher and Judge Sanchez Rosanna Reyes, who joined a large group of faculty, staff and students State academy.
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