To understand the current feminist movements in Mexico it is necessary to return to 1993 to Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. The “Muertas de Juárez” continues to be an open wound in the collective imagination of Mexico, in the face of violence and impunity, especially in the case of crimes against women.
During this period, the Mexican researcher Marcela Lagarde coined the term “femicide”. He defined it as “the act of killing a woman solely because of her membership of the female sex, but he gave that concept a political meaning with the purpose of denouncing the lack of response of the State in those cases and the breach of its international obligations. guarantee, including the duty to investigate and punish. “For this reason, Lagarde considers that femicide is a crime of the State. It is’ a fracture of the rule of law that favors impunity. facts that characterize the crimes and disappearances of girls and women in cases in which the authorities’ response is the omission, inertia, silence or inactivity to prevent and eradicate these crimes.
Currently the protests span demands for justice from girls to adult women; against violence in all its forms: kidnapping, disappearance, exploitation, abuse, rape, and in its most extreme form murder or femicide.
Feminist collectives, feminist media, organized society – mostly made up of young people – and civil organizations actively participate demanding an end to violence against women in Mexico.
In this analysis, we will examine how social networks have been a fundamental part in the diffusion of feminism and the fight against violence, from the organization, dissemination of information, alerts of disappearances and femicides.
Digital initiatives have managed to generate pressure on the authorities and even new laws with a gender perspective such as: The Olimpia law: fight against digital violence, The Ingrid law: punishment of public servants who leak images, files or information from an investigation folder pending, Public Registry of sexual abusers, among other initiatives.
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