![]() Unfortunately, the National Citizen Observatory on Femicide (Obervatorio Nacional contra el Femicidio) released figures that out of the 800 femicides between January and June 2017, only 49 percent were investigated. Out of the 671 femicides occurring in 2017, 6 out of 10 occurred in a state where an alert was activated. In 2017, 10 Mexican states enacted a gender alert for violence against women. The legislation also established the practice of gender violence alerts, a tool intended to provide emergency measures to women and also to bring attention to the issue of gender-based violence. This legislative sanction categorized femicide as the most serious form of gender violence, taking an important step towards preventing violence against women. For example, the state of Guerrero has been particularly affected by organized crime presence and in 2016, the city of Acapulco in Guerrero suffered 107 femicides, the highest number of femicides than any other municipality that year.ĭue to international pressures and civil society efforts, Mexico’s chamber of deputies (Cámara de Diputados) passed counter-femicide initiative by way of legislation in 2007. Relatedly, the states with the highest levels of femicide are often those with a high organized crime group presence. According to the Guardian, the rise in femicides relatively corresponds to former President Felipe Calderon’s military strategy against organized crime, which led to an overall rise in homicides. Other statistics, like those released by Mexico’s National Commission to Prevent and Eradicate Violence against Women, report that the number of femicides increased by 500 percent between 2001-2010. A 2017 joint report from the National Women’s Institute in Mexico and the UN Women’s agency highlighted the increase of femicides from an annual rate of 3.8 femicides per 100,000 women in 1985 to 4.6 in 2016. “Violence against women isn’t an epidemic, it’s a pandemic in Mexico,” said Ana Guezmez, a United Nations Women on behalf of Mexico (Reuters). Regardless, Mexico’s rate of femicides reflects the level of impunity characteristic of Mexico’s culture even today. Some attribute the recent spike in Mexico’s femicides to the rise in violence between organized crime groups. ![]() Specific to Mexico, UN statistics show that an average of seven women are murdered daily. Moreover, 14 of the top 25 countries with the highest rate of femicides resides in Latin America and the Caribbean. Continuing, he urged Mexico’s government to reevaluate its efforts and seek solutions to protect their women.Īccording to United Nations statistics, around 64,000 women and girls are killed annually. He commented “Impunity is very high so you can not see the deterrent effect of the sanction” (Telesur). ![]() According to the Telesur television network, a representative from the United Nations Human Rights to Mexico, Jan Jarab, condemned Mexico’s lack of federal action against rising femicides, which only reinforces a culture of gender-based violence. Human rights efforts are often dedicated to building public-will to address and resolve gender related crimes. The interpersonal violence against women in Mexico has staggered over the past ten years, catching the attention of many civil society organizations, both inside and outside of Mexico. The majority of femicides victims are stabbed, beaten to death, or strangled. Less than six months later, Mexico’s National System of Public Security (Sistema Nacional de Seguridad Publica, SNSP) released statistics ranking January 2018 as the month with the third highest number of femicides in Mexico’s recorded history, with 64 femicides.įemicide, the murder of a woman, in particular committed by a man, on account of her gender, is not new to Mexico. 04/04/18 (written by Michelle Lara Olmos)- The murder of 19-year-old Mara Fernanda Castilla in September of 2017 elicited a fitting response outraged citizens marched across Mexico demanding government action against the often recognized, but rarely addressed trend of femicide in Mexico.
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