The Peruvian Legislature moved on March 12th to pass a law which would strike down a a penal code section allowing men who rape women to escape punishment by marrying their victims. The law also allowed men involved in a gang rape to go free if one of the men married the woman. “It was an important victory not only for women, but for all of Peruvian society,” Gina Yang of the Manuela Ramos women’s rights group told TV Frecuencia Latina after the committee vote. Congresswoman Beatriz Merino, who introduced the repeal measure, was quoted as saying in the government’s Andina news agency that, “`A norm that for decades has offended the dignity of all women has been eliminated.”
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