AP PHOTOS: Portraits of Argentine victims of gender violence

In this Feb. 8, 2017 photo, Karina Abregu poses for a portrait in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Abregu was set on fire by her husband, burning 55 percent of her body, and today she continues medical treatment. Abregu suffered years of mistreatment and although she reported 14 incidents over the course of 14 years, police did nothing until two months after the attack. She said the police ignored her calls for help. Police have been stationed outside her home for the past two years because she fears her ex-husband's friends will harm her. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

By Associated Press June 19, 2017 3 min read

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) – Ivana Rosales says her husband tried to kill her twice in the same night.

That was back in 2002, after Rosales told him she was leaving him.

When her husband turned on her, Rosales didn’t know what to do. Now, she has learned to use that terrible experience to help other women attacked by the men they once loved or worked for, reminding them of their rights, providing emotional support, even accompanying them to court.

Rosales is among the many faces of Ni Una Menos, or Not One Less, a movement of tens of thousands of people in Argentina who have mobilized to fight the country’s systemic violence against women. “Ni Una Menos means the unity of women to fight this habit of killing,” she said.

Through the movement, victims of violence like Rosales work to help other women before it’s too late, convinced of the worth of every single woman, of the belief that love should never hurt.