+100 Phrases AGAINST GENDER VIOLENCE

Fran Orantes is the son of Ana Orantes, victim of gender violence. She presented her testimony in a television program on Canal Sur Television, where she detailed decades of abuse by her ex-husband, José Parejo Avivar, in 1997. Two days later José burned her alive in front of one of her children, who also was a minor. The shock caused by her death caused the first legislative changes in Spain towards a Law against gender violence.

Currently there are several plaques with his name in Seville and Madrid, and it is considered that his case revealed a public and social problem that tended to be covered up at that time, especially in small towns and cities. His figure should be considered a memory and example of present and future.