Madres De La Plaza De Mayo The Madres De La Plaza De Mayo is a movement that really stands out in all of Argentina. The movement was made in Argentina, mothers would gather in the Plaza of Buenos Aires to protest for their missing children. The women got together on April 20th 1977 in the central of Buenos Aires. Women were angered because the government did nothing to help their missing children. There was a mess in Argentina a "dirty war" was taken place from 1976 to 1986. During the years of the dirty war horrific things were happening, people were abducted, tortured, and killed. The Madres De La Plaza is a group of middle aged women that demand to have their sons or daughters return home to them. Since they gather in the plaza in el Centro
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Then when the children went missing and saw that the government played a role in and did not do a thing to help. Therefore the women left their duties to attend and denounce the government to do their job and find the children that are missing. The Madres De La Plaza were causing so much noise that the government did not like this one bit so the military officials at times would take matters into their own and hurt these women who just wanted their children back. The mothers started to be a part of political concerns. The mothers decided to carry their children's work that led to their disappearance (berkshire.pg.4). The work that the children were probably working was something that is believed the government did not appreciate it. Since the women stepped out of their traditional environment they faced the same consequence as a male would. The women all they cared was to get their son or daughter back and military officials would get their dirty way on them just because they were women. In the book "Away from the public eye, military officials often used the most brutal tools of rape and torture on dissident women"(berkshire.pg4). Military officials would take advantage of these poor women because they would stand up against them for their
Then when the children went missing and saw that the government played a role in and did not do a thing to help. Therefore the women left their duties to attend and denounce the government to do their job and find the children that are missing. The Madres De La Plaza were causing so much noise that the government did not like this one bit so the military officials at times would take matters into their own and hurt these women who just wanted their children back. The mothers started to be a part of political concerns. The mothers decided to carry their children's work that led to their disappearance (berkshire.pg.4). The work that the children were probably working was something that is believed the government did not appreciate it. Since the women stepped out of their traditional environment they faced the same consequence as a male would. The women all they cared was to get their son or daughter back and military officials would get their dirty way on them just because they were women. In the book "Away from the public eye, military officials often used the most brutal tools of rape and torture on dissident women"(berkshire.pg4). Military officials would take advantage of these poor women because they would stand up against them for their