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On International Women's Day, Women in Mexico Marched To Protest The Country's Ongoing Crisis of Gender-Based Violen
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(Feminism)
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... They spray-painted the barricade around the Baroque National Palace—where López Obrador lives—with the names of femicide victims, particularly those who had been killed by romantic partners. They also ...
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Created on 10 March 2021
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Alarming Stats Reveal Increasing Murder Rates of Women and Girls in Guatemala During COVID
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(Feminism)
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... groups like Amnesty International and the United Nations.
Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador, which share borders, all rank in the top five globally for their rates of femicide.
In Guatemala, crimes ...
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Created on 12 October 2020
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A Mexican Feminist Collective Takes Over A Human Rights Office And Converts Into a Women's Shelte
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(Feminism)
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... El Universal newspaper, Yesenia Zamudio, a collective member and surviving family member whose daughter was a victim of femicide, said, “We’re more suitable … for these premises than the parasitic people ...
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Created on 09 September 2020
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Here’s Why You’re Seeing So Many Black And White Photos On Instagram
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(Feminism)
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... side of this trend is we’ve seen an uptick in awareness for the Turkish femicide epidemic, and some of the people who have hopped on this trend have promoted good causes through the caption. People who ...
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Created on 30 July 2020
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How France Is Helping Survivors Of Domestic Violence During The Pandemic
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(Feminism)
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With countries around the world enforcing nationwide lockdowns in an attempt to flatten the curve and limit the spread of this rampant virus, a very dark reality is taking place for millions of families ...
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Created on 02 April 2020
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A Day Without Women: Mexico's Nationwide Stand Against Femicide
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(Feminism)
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... of the victims were female. A total of 1,006 killings were officially classified as femicides.
Last month protestors defaced the entrance to Mexico’s National Palace, the presidential office and home, ...
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Created on 06 March 2020
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Murder of Mexican Feminist Sparks Outrage, Reflects Deeper Issue in the Nation
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(Feminism)
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... justice for her death. Last weekend, hundreds of women gathered in Mexico City to protest the recent deaths of feminist activists in Mexico and femicide as a whole. They assembled by a monument dedicated ...
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Created on 03 February 2020
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Watch 100 women protest at Harvey Weinstein Rape Trial
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(Feminism)
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... is our judge
That imprisons us at birth. And our punishment
Is the violence you can see.
It's femicide.
Impunity for my killer.
It’s our disappearances.
It’s rape.
And it's not my ...
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Created on 10 January 2020
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This Chilean Song Became An International Feminist Anthem
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(Feminism)
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A protest song about rape culture, victim shaming, and femicide in Chile has become an anthem for feminists worldwide. It’s called “A Rapist In Your Way” — in Spanish, “Un violador en tu camino.” It ...
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Created on 17 December 2019
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Watch These Powerful Feminists Take A Stand Against President Piñera
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(Feminism)
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... against women for politically terroristic purposes is especially dangerous. The culture of machismo across Latin America perpetuates these acts of femicide in times of political unrest, much like the moment ...
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Created on 02 December 2019
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“Day of the Dead Women” March in Mexico Demands Justice for Missing and Murdered Women and Girls
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(Feminism)
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... “femicide,” or the intentional murder of women and girls because of their gender. Latin America is home to 14 of the 25 countries with the highest rates of femicide in the world; the U.N. reports that ...
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Created on 04 November 2019
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The Glitter Revolution of Mexico is Fighting Gender-Based Violence
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(Feminism)
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... ‘femicide’, when women are murdered for gender-specific reasons. The protests continued on August 16th in response to Mexico City’s mayor, Claudia Sheinbaum, calling the protests a "provocation" due to ...
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Created on 28 August 2019
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How The Anonymous South Korean Feminist Movement Moved From Online To The Streets
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(Feminism)
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After years of being hidden away in online forums, South Korea’s feminist movement is coming out of the shadows. But can their struggle against spycams, femicide, and rigid beauty standards sway ...
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Created on 30 July 2019
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Man Murders Teenage Girl, Posts Pictures Of It Online
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(Feminism)
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... have rallied together in support of Bianca Devins and her family. But hashtags alone cannot stop femicide, just as hashtags alone cannot create murderers. There’s something deeply rooted in our society ...
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Created on 17 July 2019
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The Surprisingly Subversive History Of Beauty Pageants
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(Feminism)
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... about femicide.
Regardless of one’s platform, it would be wise not to overlook the significance of beauty pageants in the cultural imagination. Gone are the days when Miss America was the most highly ...
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Created on 14 March 2018
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Bikini Kill Reunited For One Night And It Felt So Good
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(Music)
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... core. You can’t ignore femicide if the band you’re watching is singing about it and using their bodies to directly discuss it. Imagine Cardi B, Miley Cyrus, or Lorde taking their tops off during a performance ...
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Created on 06 November 2017
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Miss Peru Contestants Introduced Themselves With Statistics About Violence Against Women Instead Of Their Body Measurements
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(Feminism)
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... camera and judges, all 23 women gave statistics about femicide. Then, in the bathing suit section, images of newspaper headlines about missing and murdered women were projected onto the screen behind the ...
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Created on 31 October 2017
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Amy Schumer Wants You To Help Her Fight Gun Violence
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(Living)
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... to be killed when there are firearms in the home.” Even in cases of no reported prior domestic abuse, the presence of a gun in the home makes intimate partner femicide five times more likely. Everytown ...
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Created on 19 May 2016
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Gloria Steinem Is ‘Putting The V In VICE’ With Powerful New Series ‘Woman’: BUST Interview
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(Movies)
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... world, from gang rapes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to femicides in El Salvador to the state of women prisoners in the United States.
“We’re putting the V in VICE,” Steinem joked onstage at ...
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Created on 10 May 2016
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Finally, This Government Agency Is Keeping Track Of Violence Against Women
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(Feminism)
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Domestic violence has been documented for a long time now. “Femicide” however wasn’t even coined until 1976 when writer Diane Russel used it at a convention in Belgium. Femicide by definition goes beyond ...
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Created on 19 February 2015
