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​Hebe de Bonafini, the head of Argentina's Mothers of Plaza de Mayo group, whose children disappeared during the dirty war of 1970s, leads one of the marches in Buenos Aires's Plaza de Mayo in December 1979.
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When mothers shook the world

Some of the most pivotal movements of the modern era have also begun with mothers standing in public squares, refusing to stop asking where their children had gone and demanding an end to violence and war. In honor of Mother’s Day this Sunday, we’re highlighting three political protests led by mothers from around the world.