This archive report was first published on 5 December 2019.
On a chilly evening in December 2019, thousands of women in Santiago, Chile, converged at the National Stadium, their voices echoing a powerful message against sexual violence.
Organized through social media, the event was a testament to the growing momentum of a movement that had been gaining steam across the country and beyond.
"The fault is not with me, nor where I was, nor how I was dressed... The rapist is you!" the group sang in unison, their voices rising in a choreographed routine that had been staged in cities around the world, from Paris to Barcelona and Mexico City.
For 66-year-old Jacqueline Saintard, the experience was a powerful moment of solidarity with thousands of women. "It was a great experience to share this with thousands and thousands of women," she told AFP.
The performance, created by the feminist collective LasTesis in Valparaiso, had begun to gain traction in the weeks leading up to the event, as reports of police violence against women and widespread protests against the government had sparked a national outcry.
Chile's social unrest, which had erupted in mid-October over metro fare hikes, had escalated into the most severe outbreak of protests since the end of Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship nearly 30 years ago.
