The Mexican government wants to end the "
machismo that kills
" some 3,800 women every year in Mexico.
"
Machismo kills, destroys the lives of women and limits the development of our country,
" Interior Minister Olga Sanchez said on Wednesday (November 25th) on the occasion of the UN International Day against violence against women. towards women.
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Insisting on the need to "
no longer reproduce the macho and patriarchal cultural system
" deeply rooted in Mexico, Olga Sanchez considered that this country has a "
historic debt
" to women.
"
We have a historic debt to women, especially to victims of violence, and we cannot allow impunity,
" she insisted.
According to figures from the National Institute of Statistics cited by the minister, around 3,800 women are murdered each year in Mexico.
In the past decade, six in ten women have been assaulted.
Statistics also show that an average of 32 girls aged 10 to 14 become mothers every day as a result of sexual abuse, and one in four has experienced violence in schools.
Impunity of aggressors
The impunity enjoyed by attackers in Mexico is particularly problematic, since on average only half of murders classified as feminicides are convicted.
In some Mexican states impunity has even reached 98%, according to a report presented Wednesday at the daily morning conference of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO).
On this occasion, the Mexican president underlined that the phenomenon of aggression against women comes from “
conditions of poverty and economic inequality
”.
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This Wednesday, parades of feminist organizations are planned in the capital and in other cities of the country, under the protection of the authorities and the organizers.
On November 9, police from the Cancun (east) tourist resort fired shots in the air as demonstrators, mostly women, protested outside City Hall after the brutal murder of a young woman.
This incident - unprecedented in Mexico - had sparked much criticism at home and abroad.