Mexican Women Fighting Domestic Violence
A new generation of women in Mexico is demanding social change, casting off male-dominant cultural norms that overlook their suffering and instead standing up for their rights.
As the New York Times reports:
A new generation of Mexican women has taken to the streets in recent months to banish the idea that somehow — with their clothing, their demeanor, their whereabouts — they provoke the violence they suffer. That attitude is so entrenched in society that it extends to the police and the courts.
The anger that is surfacing in Mexico is rippling across much of Latin America, where machismo is common, and law enforcement officials and the authorities can be passive, complicit or in some cases even abusive toward women who try to report it.
The significance of the emerging resistance in light of recent changes to asylum law weakening gender-based protections is something to watch.
MHC