Violence Persists Against Women
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A 1995 novel by writer Julia Alvarez retold the story of the three Mirabal sisters brutally assassinated by the
In
Initiating their action at the monument to murdered women situated at the foot of the
For many, beginning the caravan in
"The number (of victims) is alarming and we shouldn't say it's just a war between narcos," Monarrez said, "because in the final analysis, they are human beings and there should be a State that rules a city and takes care of the safety of its inhabitants. That's why there are laws."
On Nov. 25, nearly 20 people, mostly men, were reported murdered in
Even as activists prepared to launch the Chihuahua-Chiapas caravan, the number of female homicide victims kept mounting in
Two other victims of violent death were recently discovered outside
In
Meanwhile, a new report by a Mexican network of non-governmental activists dedicated to monitoring official responses to violence against women, documented the killings of 1,014 women in 13 Mexican states from January 2007 to July 2008. With 206 slain women,
On the broader issue of gender and domestic violence, the official Chihuahua Women's Institute reported attending 3,353 people who sought professional help to escape violent situations between the months of January and August of this year. Among the solicitants were 103 men.
In a statement prepared for the Nov. 25 commemoration, Amnesty International Secretary General Irene Khan credited the UN Security Council as well as national governments for according increased recognition to the problem of violence against women since the international human rights group launched a global campaign around the issue in 2003-2004. The
Still, gender violence in
Khan wrote that, "Recent research in Afghanistan, Armenia, Canada, Cote D'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Jamaica, Haiti, Liberia, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Venezuela, and the USA has shown that this violence is not only a human rights violation but also a key factor in obstructing the realization of women's and girl's rights to security, adequate housing, health, food, education, and participation. Millions of women find themselves locked in cycles of poverty and violence, cycles which fuel and perpetuate one another."
In a Nov. 25 communiqué, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay condemned the systematic violence against women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, but noted "violence continues being a huge problem suffered by thousands of women in the whole world." The UN official urged governments to put into practice international resolutions on gender equality that were adopted at the 1995 Beijing Conference and by the 1979 Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
- Frontera NorteSur (FNS): on-line, U.S.-Mexico border news from the Center for Latin American and Border Studies New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
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