Feminist Group Is Using Social Media to Push Back Against Gender Bias Denny Alfonso - CGTN America
go to original June 1, 2017

A feminist group in Mexico City is using social media to push against gender bias online. Known as the Luchadoras or “the fighters,” the group looks for gender equality and fair treatment on the internet and streets for women.

“Forty-five percent of women in a relationship here have suffered violence, around fifty percent have been sexually abused and the cases brought to justice are minimum,” Sot Lulu Barrera, Luchadoras founder said.

The feminists said that Mexican idiosyncrasies are partially to blame for crimes against women. Recently, Luchadoras collaborated with online content provider Wikipedia and Female Editors to develop content of successful women to showcase their strategy session on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.

According to the National Citizens Femicide Observatory, six women a day are killed in Mexico in anti-female attacks. That’s why with the help of social media, Luchadoras is driving a cultural change from women’s virtual absence to strong influential creators, able to take over cyberspace and make it equal.

... Luchadoras criticizes the lack of help from the Mexican government, but the group will continue raising awareness about women’s rights issues and hope their strategy can be applied in other cities worldwide.

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