Heartbroken Spanish woman knits butterflies as call to stop domestic violence
Barcelona, SpainThomson Reuters Foundation A Spanish woman whose two children were murdered by her abusive ex-husband has begun knitting purple butterflies to rally support for action against domestic violence, with politicians from the prime minister downwards donning her handiwork. Itziar Prats’ two daughters, Nerea and Martina, aged six and two, were murdered last year by […]
TOUGH LOVE
Growing up in the country you learn that if you help a chick out of its shell, or a butterfly out of its cocoon, you actually stunt their growth or even kill them. PICTURE: Michael Kaufmann/www.freeimages.com The agonising struggle of the butterfly to escape its cocoon forces blood into its never-before-used wings. Without the […]