Mexico's President supports
strike against femicide
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| Women in Mexico protest against femicide (AFP) |
Mexico`s President is supporting the right of women to hold
a national strike to demand action against femicide.
By James Blears
Expressing anger and revulsion against femicides and
backing it up by rallies, women`s groups announce that March 9th, which is
the day after International Women`s Day, will be designated anti femicide
day. They are urging woman not to work, not to send their daughters
to school nor buy a single item. Minister of the Interior Olga Sanchez
says she will join the strike day. Mexico`s President Andres Manuel Lopez
Obrador stresses that no woman government worker or woman civil servant will
suffer any penalty or sanction, for going on strike and standing up
for her rights.
The fury and pledged action, follows the murder and
mutilation of a 25 year old woman, and in a separate case, the abduction
and murder of a seven year old girl in different areas of Mexico City.
Women held a protest rally last year, following the
rapes of two girls, allegedly by Police Officers. Ten women per day are
murdered throughout Mexico, where femicides increased by seven percent last
year.
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