Mexico Women Fight Harassment with Song & Confetti Media with Conscience
go to original March 8, 2016

Fighting sexism in Mexico (Al Jazeera America News)

A group of Mexican women have taken a novel approach to dealing with sexual harassment in Mexico City. For the last three years, the women have been fighting back with a song called Sexista Punk and a confetti gun, confronting their harassers through performance.

"We live in a world, where everything revolves around men. We're not interested in educating men. Our idea is the opposite, to educate women," Ana Beatriz, of the group Daughters of Violence, said.

A few of the men the group confronted have apologized to the women, and the women say they are seeing some results.

There is no law in Mexico for punishing street sexual harassment. Even if there were, in a country with a great distrust of the police, getting women to report it may be especially difficult. Even so, there are calls to enact a law.

"Any changes in the law is going to take time. So, it's very important to take direct action, to educate, to talk to other women, so they can identify the harassment and they can ask for help," Yucari Millan, of the women's rights group Habitajes AC, said.

The women are spreading their message through social media as well, and they said they have received support from across Latin America.

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