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En México, mientras a las paredes se les protege, a las mujeres se les asesina

Obrador's government is a rapist. Please don't let this go to a hole, help me making it viral, or something, someone out there has to see this, please.

Every day, 11 women are murdered in Mexico

The president approved a rapist as candidate for governor of the state of Guerrero.

The president raised a wall in front of the national palace, making of this a direct aggression towards women.

This government hates women and we cannot remain silent!!

I usually don’t make posts about this, but rather reblog them. This year is different because this year I can only confirm to myself that things for us Mexican women are getting worse and worse.

Feminism to me this year has a different meaning because today I understand Latin American feminist is different. In most western countries the fight is more about gender inequality in terms of wage gap, sexism, and misogyny. In Latin America we are getting killed. In Mexico we are getting killed and r*ped and authorities are doing nothing. Authorities are corrupt. Politicians don’t care. Politicians commit sexual violence crimes. The president hasn’t done anything to solve the problem. And we are tired.

Last year, women’s day looked like this:

Transcript:

Image 1: Feminicide State written in the doors of the presidents office.

Image 3: Don’t kill us

Image 4: #not one less. (Chant in reference to the concerning increase in feminicides over the last five years)

Image 5: AMLO (Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Mexico’s president) indifferent.

Image 6: don’t kill us.

Mexican women feel collective pain and fright for the current situation. We gather up as sisters in this movement. It is raw, it is extremist, it is anarchic, but it’s necessary. We are done. Here are some links about the situation:

To get started What is femicide?

While femicides represented about 10 percent of all murders in 2019, the rate has increased exponentially, growing 145 percent since 2015.

Ingrid’s case

Femicide Is Rising in Mexico as Government Denies Risks of Gender-Based Violence

Femicides in Mexico: Fighting for the right to life

My heart is broken.

I’m angry.

I’m tired.

I’m scared.

Because I love my country but hate it’s government.

Because I love my sisters.

Because we don’t deserve it.

How does it look women’s day in 2021

In an attempt to protect Palacio Nacional from getting sprayed and painted during the protests, the building was surrounded. What happens when your government supports more the protection towards a building than its women? Thousands of names of the women killed from 2019-2021 are written all over the place along with flowers and pink crosses.

And this is our song: sin miedo (song without fear)

https://youtu.be/VLLyzqkH6cs

Lyrics (translation is not mine, credits to the owner)

Let the state, the skies, the streets tremble

Let the judges and the judiciary tremble

Today, women’s calm is taken away

They sowed his fear

Wings grew on us

Every minute of every week

They steal friends and killed sisters from us

They destroy their bodies

They disappear them

Please don’t forget their names

Mr. president

For all those that are marching in Reforma

For all those that are fighting in Sonora

For the commanders fighting for Chiapas

For all the mothers looking in Tijuana

We sing without fear, we ask for justice

We scream for every missing

Let them hear it loud, we want us alive

Let the femicide fall hard

I set everything on fire, I break everything if one day a stranger closes your eyes

Nothing shuts me up anymore

Nothing else stops me

If one is touched by them, we all respond

I’m Claudia

I’m Ester

I’m Teresa

I’m Ingrid

I’m Fabiola

And I’m Valeria

I’m the girl that you succumbed by force

I’m the mother that now cries for their deaths

And I’m the one who will make you pay your debts

Justice!

For all those that are marching in Reforma

For all those that are fighting in Sonora

For the commanders fighting for Chiapas

For all the mothers looking in Tijuana

We sing without fear, we ask for justice

We scream for every missing

Let them hear it loud, we want us alive

Let the femicide fall hard

(Extracts from the national anthem)

And let the earth tremble

In it’s center

To the loud roar

Of love (changed to “the loud roar of war”)

And let the earth tremble in it’s center to the loud roar of love

In Mexico the President and the ruling class barricade themselves away from their responsibility and the reality of their arrogance, their machismo and ineptitude.

In Mexico, a rapist is nominated to run for governor  and openly enabled by our President, who at the eyes of the nation brushed off our outcry as nothing but baseless yapping fueled by the opposition.

In Mexico we’re tired, but never discouraged. We refuse to give our murders and abusers and the system that protects them the comfort of our silence.

The 8th of March is not a day of celebration, its a day of fury and sadness, but above all, a reminder of our continuous fight.

From Mexico and to our hermanas in America Latina and the rest of the world, we say:

¡La revolución será feminista!

International Women’s Day: What’s Happening in Mexico?

So, as I’m sure most of you are aware, today is international women’s day. It’s a great thing to celebrate women around the world on this day, and how far we’ve come, but it’s also important to note we have a long way to go in some places. One of these places is Mexico.

Mexico is one of the most dangerous countries for women today. About 10 femicides (or feminicidios, which is essentially a woman getting killed because of her gender i.e r*pe, domestic violence, etc.) occur every day. What’s worse, the victims almost never get justice. There are massive amounts of corruption in the police, justice and political systems, and a severe unwillingness to stand with Mexican women, because it’s easier and more convenient not to. Of course, there are good people in these systems, many good people, but all the corruption doesn’t allow that goodness to shine through or do anything significant. I myself know someone who was personally affected by femicide and violence against women. These days, it’s rare to find a person who remains untouched by it.

There is a huge movement to protect women in Mexico. Las year, there was a huge march on the 8th, and on the 9th, every woman went on strike, not showing up to work or school. This year, the march is not possible for obvious reasons. But there are still many things happening. The images you see above, for example, are the names of femicide victims painted on the walls surrounding the Palacio Nacional (kind of the equivalent of the White House).

Gender-based violence is a plague in Mexico. I know for a lot of people, there isn’t much to do but share and raise awareness, and I know so much is going on the world that it’s impossible to be invested in it all (your own well-being should always come first) but simply sharing posts goes a long way. If global support for the movement grows, there will be more pressure on Mexico’s government to act. So please, this International Women’s Day, celebrate all the amazing women throughout history and in your life, celebrate yourself, but also stand in solidarity with all the women around the world for whom today is a day for mourning and fighting. All the mothers who have lost daughters and the daughters who have lost mothers. Let’s help ensure no woman is left behind, no matter where in the world she is. No matter who you are or what your politics are, all help is welcome, and I think this is something we can all get behind. Here are some links to helpful articles if you want to learn more:

https://www.google.com.mx/amp/s/www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/amp32998348/mexico-femicide-crisis-what-to-know/

https://berkeleybeacon.com/the-missing-half-the-reality-of-mexicos-femicide-crisis/

They surrounded the “National Palace” with metal walls to prevent “vandalism” from paint, glitter and banners like last year.

They protect and defend the walls from paint better than they protect us from being kidnapped, raped, killed or letting our abusers roam free.

They placed walls to protect their buildings from the upcoming March 8th Woman’s Day march, but we still found a way to protest and make our voices known.

“Femicide Victims” written in big letters with paint across the metal walls, and underneath the names of the women and girls who aren’t with us anymore.

( Picture by: https://www.instagram.com/p/CMG_II9nrwT/?igshid=u2hb64t5odl3 )

As the day passed phrases were projected on the front of Palacio Nacional like:

“Femicidal Mexico”

“A rapist will not be governor.”

(Pictures by: https://twitter.com/tania_tagle/status/1368743529623810049?s=21 )

And soon enough more and more women joined in and gathered at the Zocalo to place, signs, pictures, flowers and more stuff to remember the ones that aren’t here with us anymore and to take over something that was meant to shut us out at the beginning.

(Picture by: https://twitter.com/lilifavela_/status/1368737193527816196?s=21 )

(Pictures by: https://www.instagram.com/p/CMJL0OWD_yi/?igshid=1u5bdgic9vww4 )

“The wall that got turned into a memorial”

We are tired, we are angry, we are worried and scared. We are often demonized by the mexican media and mocked by many other mexicans for protesting in different ways, from peaceful to non-peaceful. But we will keep fighting and raising our voices!

For our sisters

For our mothers

For our aunts

For our daughters

For our grandmothers

For everyone who isn’t here anymore.

This is just a little bit of everything that’s happening in Mexico, I encourage you to share and search more about this subject. (https://abcnews.go.com/International/380-women-killed-mexico-year-activists-cultural-change/story?id=69258389)

Friday: Mexican government puts a 9.8ft barrier around National Palace and other buildings to “protect” them ahead of a planned march to mark International Women’s Day

me: *accidently brings home wrong child*