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One year, the movement of men peering out into the streets to show their opposition to male violence.

On 21 October, a date that coincides with the anniversary of the first manifestation of men against violence against women, has become the day on which the groups and associations of men for equal out to the streets to see its work before the society and especially to the male group.

The Association of Men for Gender Equality (AHIG) organizes a "Wheel of Men 'against gender violence simultaneously in three Spanish cities: Málaga, Barcelona and Murcia.

In the days after similar events were held in other regions such as the Canaries, Balearics and Cantabria.

According to President Hugo Gensini AHIG "violence that some of the men continued to exert over women is a clear indicator of the difficulty of some of the male population to adapt to an egalitarian society in which there is full freedom to question the individual and women's collective. "

This is the third year that the 'wheel man' is held in Malaga, the second in Barcelona, and the first to the newly created entity 'Men for the meeting-AHIG Murcia' calls in the capital of Murcia.

Since these concentrations simultaneous AHIG members also call promoting the participation of men in demonstrations and events organized on 25 November to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.

"We want a world in which men contemplate the problem of violence against women as a matter which in which we involve ourselves without reservation," explained Gensini, which concludes that "violence can not be a problem of victims suffer, we all have to clear stand against gender violence. "

The act will be holding a silent demonstration where you first turn the power of candles, which are then placed around a white enormelazo then observed a minute's silence for women victims of male violence, and finally proceed to reading of a manifesto under the slogan 'Let us live without violence. "

Men for the Meeting is an association of men based in Murcia which is part of AHIG, state-level entity that works to promote real equality between men and women in society.

For this AHIG encourages men to change positions more favorable to equality and to break with the traditional male model and supports the creation of groups and networks of men equal.

Source: AHIGE