By Amy Blair
Many went missing during Dirty War Military Dictatorship drugged, raped, dropped in ocean and forced loved ones to watch Founder-Azucena Villaflor Group of women were desperate to find their kids Started to march, outside Casa Rosada Presidential Palace
Keep the organization around Create a new space of representation for women in Argentina society Bring motherhood out of domestic closet and show how it can be a social construct Spread awareness of events taking place in country
Actively working for human rights within country and other human rights organizations Awareness needed to be spread
Participated in a march outside presidential palace Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo Newspaper, radio station and a university established federal funded housing program Members of Hijos
Endlessly searched for truth International symbol of non-violence Still fighting after 30 years Used themselves Verbally and physically attacked Removal of amnesty laws
Government wants to forgive and move on Police got involved Many protestors got arrested Military police would not allow protesting anymore
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