⁍ Between January and August, murders of women rose 2.2% to 645.


⁍ Feminist organizations across the country have escalated their protests.


⁍ Earlier this month, a group of women occupied the offices of Mexico’s human rights commission.


– The number of murders of Mexican women is on the rise, Reuters reports. Between January and August of this year, there were 645 murders of women in Mexico, compared to 631 during the same period in 2019. Since March, feminist organizations across the country have escalated their protests, defacing government buildings and monuments, often with the slogan “not one more.”



Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-crime-women/femicides-in-mexico-rise-more-than-2-protests-rage-idUSKBN26934Y