Tens of thousands of women marched in Mexico City
Seething anger over a rise in deadly violence against women in Mexico spilled into the streets of the nation’s capital on Sunday as tens of thousands of female demonstrators marched to demand that the government do more to protect them.
The march, which was timed to International Women’s Day, coincided with female-led protests around the world.In some places, marches turned violent as demonstrators clashed with police. In Turkey, where the government has cracked down on all forms of protest in recent years, police used tear gas to break up crowds. In Chile, where a reported 135,000 people took to the streets, police used water cannons to fend off rock-throwing protesters.
Even more, they are fueled by anger at nearly daily reported killings of girls and women, such as the recent case of a 7-year-old who was abducted and tortured, or that of a 25-year-old woman whose husband skinned and disemboweled her.Feminist activists have been focusing on the issue since the 1990s, when the violent deaths of hundreds of women and girls in the industrial border city of Juarez garnered international attention.
Many marchers carried handmade signs or pink crosses that bore the names of female victims of violence. Others clutched bouquets of flowers, as if in a funeral procession. They covered downtown Mexico City with slogans painted in pink and purple spray paint. “I was born to fight,” said one. “Kill your rapist,” said another.
As a mother tearfully spoke about the death of her daughter, the crowd began to chant: “You are not alone.”Other family members at the march were mourning women who vanished without a trace, presumed victims of violence. They are among more than 60,000 people listed as disappeared in Mexico.
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