The Epidemic of Violence Against Women in Mexico

This International Women’s Day was a significant day for Mexican women. They painted metal barriers around Mexico’s National Palace with names of Latino women who have been victims ofviolence. It was an essential step in their movement to bring gender-based violence to light in front of the Mexican federal legislation.

 

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Here’s everything you must know about violence against women in Mexico.

The Influence of Drug Wars on Gender-Based Violence

According to Ana Guezmez, the Mexican female representative for the United Nations Women, violence against women is becoming a pandemic instead of an epidemic in Mexico.

Mexican areas hit hard by its historic drug wars have the highest violence rates against women. The cases in these regions are similar to the civil wars in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Colombia. According to anthropologists, rapists and aggressors view women as “territory to be conquered” in these conflict zones. They rape and murder women to intimidate the local population and their rival gangs.

 

A study by Mexico’s National Commission to Prevent and Eradicate Violence against Women indicated a 500% spike in violent crimes against women between 2001 and 2010 in most drug battlegrounds of northeastern Mexico.

Intensifying Violence Against Women During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Gender-based violence against women has further worsened in Mexico due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its indefinite lockdowns. Hundreds of Mexican women are restricted in their homes due to the ‘stay-at-home’ orders. As a result, they’re at a greater risk of being subject to sexual violence, emotional abuse, and domestic violence.

Women’s Failure to Resist

Gender-based violence has led to the deaths of ten women per day in Mexico. Despite this alarming situation, the Mexican government has failed to take rampant sexual violence against women seriously. Furthermore, it continues to eradicate Mexican women’s efforts to resist the patriarchal system, promoting a tradition of discrimination and violence against women.

 

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The riot police stationed outside President Andrés Manuel LópezObrador’s residence instantly stopped the femicide protests by women in Mexico City. They employed violent measures, making it a challenge for Mexican women to practice their democratic right to resist and protest against systemic injustice.

The Mexican Law Against Femicide

Mexican lawmakers approved new legislation in 2007 by adding femicide to their catalog of violent crimes. The legislation now considers femicide as an extreme form of gender violence. It aims to prevent violence against women, including gender-based killings. Additionally, it ensures the protection of abuse victims through gender violence alerts.

  

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