lacitedesmortes - documentary on women murdered in ciudad juarez -- lacitedesmontes.net is not in English, but through its flash presentation and navigation, it should explain enough about the brutality of the unfortunate events that took place in Ciudad Juarez. Since 1993,
almost 400 women and girls have been murdered and more than 70 remain missing in Ciudad Juarez and Chihuahua, Mexico.
While the region's law enforcement as well as state's attorney general were either incompetent or corrupt, more than a dozen
women's rights groups were created to solve the murder as well as to stop the violence in the region. Thanks to international organizations such as
Amnesty,
UNIFEM, and
IACHR, the number of violent murder on women in the region has degreased for a while, however,
the battle still continues.
More resources
here.
posted by grafholic
on Oct 13, 2005 -
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