Creation of ANFASEP (National Association of Relatives of the Detained and Disappeared in Emergency Zones).
In 1983, a score of women relatives of the disappeared created ANFASEP in Ayacucho to denounce forced disappearances during the internal armed conflict. Its members were stigmatized as relatives of terrorists and their demands silenced.
In 1983, some twenty women relatives of the disappeared, including sons, husbands, fathers and brothers, decided to create the National Association of Relatives of the Detained, Disappeared in Emergency Zones (ANFASEP) based in Ayacucho. This organization emerged as a response to the forced disappearances that occurred in the context of the internal armed conflict. ANFASEP members were stigmatized as relatives of terrorists and their demands were silenced by the authorities. The organization became an important voice denouncing crimes and human rights violations, defending the value of life and human dignity.