Rallying under the slogan "Vivas Nos Queremos" (We Want Us Alive), thousands of women took to the streets of Quito Saturday to demand safe and legal abortion, protest impunity in gender-related violence, and to shed light on their historic struggles, ‘doing justice’ by their own hands.

They left El Ejido Park at 4 p.m. and walked to the city's historical center, to the 24 de Mayo square.

The march was organized on the occasion of International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women which is marked on Nov. 25.