Mexico Women Demand End to Country’s Gender Based Violence The Associated Press
go to original March 14, 2022

Mexican women protesting against sexist violence have gathered at Ciudad Juarez, a city on the border with the United States that has attracted international attention for femicides.

Dozens of activists in the "Crosses for justice, not one more" caravan were demanding justice and to find the whereabouts of thousands of disappeared.

From the early hours, women dressed in purple and black showed their support for the mothers of young victims of violence with cardboard slogans such as "we are news, but we will not stop until we are history."

The final point was the cotton field, a place that was a turning point in Ciudad Juarez after the bodies of several women were discovered more than 20 years ago, at the beginning of a wave of sexist violence.

"This caravan has the objective of highlighting the violence in this city, showing that women are not alone," Yadira Cortes, one of the leaders of the movement said.

The woman said she would put "pink crosses outside the State Attorney General's Office to represent the search for justice for all victims of gender violence."

Relatives of the victims said the state of Chihuahua, in the north of the country, has an active gender emergency declaration, but even so, authorities do not contain the violence.

The protest in Ciudad Juarez reflects the growing outrage of Mexican women against sexist violence.

The Mexican government registered 1,004 victims of femicide in 2021, as murder motivated by gender violence is typified, 2.66 per cent more than in 2020.

Adding the 2,747 female victims of intentional homicide, a total of 3,751 Mexican women were murdered last year, which represents more than 10 a day.

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