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Women across Mexico walked out Monday in protest of the government’s lack of action regarding femicide. In Mexico there has been an increase in violence against women in the past year, including the killing of seven-year-old Fátima Cecilia Aldrighett and the brutal murder of Ingrid Escamilla.
Last month the Chamber of Deputies approved harsher sentencing for cases of femicide. The law currently awaits approval from the Senate. Despite this apparent step in the right direction, some claim the culture of machismo in Mexico is causing government leadership not to take women’s pleas seriously.
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador argued that the protests are for a legitimate reason but that the people behind them are just attempting to remove him from power.
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Last month the Chamber of Deputies approved harsher sentencing for cases of femicide. The law currently awaits approval from the Senate. Despite this apparent step in the right direction, some claim the culture of machismo in Mexico is causing government leadership not to take women’s pleas seriously.
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador argued that the protests are for a legitimate reason but that the people behind them are just attempting to remove him from power.
The post Mexico femicide statistics lead to women’s strike appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary.
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Note: We don't have any responsibilities about this news. Its been posted here by Feed Reader and we had no controls and checking on it. And because News posted here will be deleted automatically after 21 days, threads are closed so that no one spend time to post and discuss here. You can always check the source and discuss in their site.