Activists paint barriers with names of female victims of violence in Mexico

[danieldemol]

'MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The names of women victimized by violence were painted late on Saturday on metal barriers erected around Mexico’s national palace ahead of a major women’s march as activists turned the fencing into a makeshift billboard for their movement.

Near the front of the colonial-era building that serves as both the president’s offices and his residence, activists wrote: “Victims of Femicide” in huge letters across the top of the 10-foot-tall (3-m) barriers, with the names of many women scrawled underneath.

Last year, at least 939 women were victims of femicide, the term used for homicides that deliberately target women, according to government data.'

Source: Activists paint barriers with names of female victims of violence in Mexico

I wouldn't have thought that some of the highest rates of femicide occur in Latin America, but apparently 'of the countries with the top 25 highest femicide rates, 50% are in Latin America, with number one being El Salvador.'

Source: Femicide

It got me wondering the causes of violence against women in Mexico which is somewhat broader than femicide specifically, and apparently violence against women is fuelled by a culture of 'machismo' or male superiority.

The causes of femicide may be similar as 'Femicide is categorized as a specific type of violence against women or gender violence, which the UN described in 1979 as "a mechanism of domination, control, oppression, and power over women."[6]'
Source: Violence against women in Mexico

 

[Stevicus]

I also posted a thread about the protests in Mexico City. You beat me by about one minute.

 

[danieldemol]

I also posted a thread about the protests in Mexico City. You beat me by about one minute.

Oh well its an important issue, I just wonder if they are protesting in El-Savador.

 

[Orbit]

'MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The names of women victimized by violence were painted late on Saturday on metal barriers erected around Mexico’s national palace ahead of a major women’s march as activists turned the fencing into a makeshift billboard for their movement.

Near the front of the colonial-era building that serves as both the president’s offices and his residence, activists wrote: “Victims of Femicide” in huge letters across the top of the 10-foot-tall (3-m) barriers, with the names of many women scrawled underneath.

Last year, at least 939 women were victims of femicide, the term used for homicides that deliberately target women, according to government data.'

Source: Activists paint barriers with names of female victims of violence in Mexico

I wouldn't have thought that some of the highest rates of femicide occur in Latin America, but apparently 'of the countries with the top 25 highest femicide rates, 50% are in Latin America, with number one being El Salvador.'

Source: Femicide

It got me wondering the causes of violence against women in Mexico which is somewhat broader than femicide specifically, and apparently violence against women is fuelled by a culture of 'machismo' or male superiority.

The causes of femicide may be similar as 'Femicide is categorized as a specific type of violence against women or gender violence, which the UN described in 1979 as "a mechanism of domination, control, oppression, and power over women."[6]'
Source: Violence against women in Mexico

Femicide in Mexico has been epidemic since the late 1980s. It's made worse by the police refusing to investigate femicide cases because (1) they are afraid of the cartels and (2) they blame the victims. I did a research project on femicide in Mexico a few years back, so can answer any more specific questions on that if you have them.

The cartels give the police a choice: "Plomo o plata" (Lead or Silver, meaning a bullet or money) so corruption is rife, and women are killed with impunity. There are some who speculate that the killings are cartel initiations; others suspect serial killers and their copycats; and still others blame impunity on machismo and the devaluing of women. Whatever the case, it's a complex and sad story.

 

[danieldemol]

Femicide in Mexico has been epidemic since the late 1980s. It's made worse by the police refusing to investigate femicide cases because (1) they are afraid of the cartels and (2) they blame the victims. I did a research project on femicide in Mexico a few years back, so can answer any more specific questions on that if you have them.

The cartels give the police a choice: "Plomo o plata" (Lead or Silver, meaning a bullet or money) so corruption is rife, and women are killed with impunity. There are some who speculate that the killings are cartel initiations; others suspect serial killers and their copycats; and still others blame impunity on machismo and the devaluing of women. Whatever the case, it's a complex and sad story.

Well I read on the wiki article on violence against women, under the heading 'cultural and economic roots' and both experts listed suggested machismo at the root of violence against women.

I don't see how cartel initiations would be mutually exclusive to the underlying culture of machismo.

And who is blaming the deaths on serial killers? Outside the cartels you would have to have a lot of serial killers to take a toll on that many women I'd imagine.

 

[Orbit]

Well I read on the wiki article on violence against women, under the heading 'cultural and economic roots' and both experts listed suggested machismo at the root of violence against women.

I don't see how cartel initiations would be mutually exclusive to the underlying culture of machismo.

And who is blaming the deaths on serial killers? Outside the cartels you would have to have a lot of serial killers to take a toll on that many women I'd imagine.

I'm referring to Mexican newspapers and who they blame, which kind of forms the popular discourse surrounding it. I don't think anyone thinks it is just one group.