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April 26th, 2016 
Awake Goy 
Print FriendlyAbove Photo: Zapatista women at the “Comandanta Ramona” Women’s Gathering in La Garrucha, Chiapas, December 31, 2007 | Photo: Tim Russo
Tens of thousands mobilized in Mexico for the #VivasNosQueremos #24A march against gender violence and femicides. People marched in over 40 cities in 27 states of the country to demand an end to gender violence.
Leading up to today’s planned march, hashtag #MiPrimerAcoso (the first time I was harassed) was tweeted by thousands of Mexicans telling personal stories about attacks of all kinds against women from street harassment to rapes.
According to the National Institute of Statistics and Geography, 63% of Mexican women report having experienced some kind of sexual violence. The statistics increased to 72% in Mexico City. El Pais reported that various prosecutors offices have registered more than 15,000 complaints of rape per year, around 40 women per day. Only one in five cases receives a conviction. The actual numbers are probably much higher due to women who never report assaults; since they know nothing will come of their reporting many women don’t go to the police for help.
At least six Mexican women die per day at the hands of men. 50,000 women have been murdered over the past 30 years, some in very sadistic ways. The data collected by the agency warned that “ways that produce more pain and prolong death” are common. In 2013, 32% of the cases were women who were hanged, strangled, drowned, burned or injured with sharp objects or punches. In contrast, most cases of male victims of homicides (65%) a firearm was used.
Violence against women in Mexico has led to numerous campaigns such as #NoTeCalles (don’t be quiet).
42 cities in #Mexico will protest harassment & violence against women for #24A #VivasNosQueremos p/v @Martinez1MX pic.twitter.com/OLD5ifH9yJ
— Revolution News (@NewsRevo) April 24, 2016
1000´s march across #Mexico to demand an end to male violence against women #VivasNosQueremos #PrimaveraVioleta #24A pic.twitter.com/m7Bmx6Cma7
— Saulo Corona (@saulocorona) April 24, 2016
A purple spring is rising in Mexico –
Thousands took the streets fighting violence against women#VivasNosQueremos pic.twitter.com/WTd0tR9z4a— Valeria Hamel (@valehamel) April 24, 2016
La Droncita flew above the #24A march and recorded it from the sky.
Así se ve en este momento el Monumento a la Revolución, y siguen llegando
Source Article from https://www.popularresistance.org/mexico-vivasnosqueremos-march-against-gender-violence-femicides/
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