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Marches Are Planned Across Mexico in Honor of Victims of Femicide

Yolanda Machado — Mon, 08 Mar 2021 18:25:37 +0000

The fencing erected to protect Mexico’s National Palace ahead of a planned march to mark International Women’s Day has been turned into a memorial for 939 victims of femicide. Femicide is the term used for homicides that deliberately target women. The makeshift memorial was put up near the front of the colonial-era building that serves

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Another Trans Person Was Attacked in Puerto Rico This Week

Jhoni Jackson — Fri, 09 Oct 2020 19:34:30 +0000

Content warning: This article mentions violence against trans people and femicides. Nicole Pastrana, a Puerto Rican trans woman, is currently hospitalized after being beaten and stabbed around midnight Wednesday. Despite multiple stab wounds and head trauma, Pastrana managed to escape her attackers to seek help at a nearby hospital. Three men were involved in the

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Michellyn Ramos Vargas Is the Sixth Trans Person Killed in Puerto Rico This Year

Jhoni Jackson — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 14:49:28 +0000

Content warning: This article mentions violence against trans people and the epidemic of femicides and missing women in Puerto Rico. Michellyn Ramos Vargas is the sixth trans person killed in Puerto Rico this year. The 35-year-old woman’s body was found early morning yesterday, Sept. 30, off the side of a highway outside the gate of

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Puerto Rico’s Rising Femicide Problem: 21 Women & Girls Missing & 29 Killed This Year

Jhoni Jackson — Tue, 22 Sep 2020 16:16:38 +0000

In 2020 alone, at least 21 women and girls have gone missing in Puerto Rico, and 29 women have been killed. Yesterday #NiUnaMenos began trending after a Twitter account, @FeminicidioPR, shared the data, and the conversation—which doubles as a campaign to alert women and femmes—continues today. In fact, the issue of gender-based violence on the

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This Fashion Brand Is Bringing Awareness to Violence Against Women in Juárez, Mexico

Naydeline Mejia — Fri, 12 Jun 2020 19:36:41 +0000

“Isa vive, la lucha sigue,” demonstrators shouted as they marched across Mexican city streets on 2020’s International Women’s Day to protest the high rates of femicides in the country. Isabel Cabanillas, lovingly referred to as Isa, was shot to death in early January after a night out with friends. Since 2015, femicides have been steadily

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This Illustration Project Is an Urgent Call to Remember the Names & Faces of Mexico’s Femicide Victims

Remezcla Estaff — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 16:35:28 +0000

With “Ni una mujer menos, ni una muerta más,” the late Mexican poet Susana Chávez protested femicides in Juarez in 1995. In the more than 20 years since the uttered these words, they have becoming a rallying cry as femicide continues being a persistent issue around the world. In Mexico, the last decade has seen

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