VivirLatino

This month is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month and while stats say that 1 out of 4 women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime, according to the Denver-based National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, not many in the Latino community are talking about it. One study found higher levels of partner abuse among Latinos than in white populations. On the grassroots level across the country, men and woman are hitting the streets in their respective communities to bring attention to the issue. For example in the predominantly Dominican community of Washington Heights, NYC, hundreds of people march, some of the women in wedding gowns, to remember the death of Gladys Ricart.

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