Mérida, Yucatán, (March 25, 2021).- The legal sub-delegate of PROFEPA (Attorney General for Environmental Protection) in Yucatán E.E.R.P., is involved in a …
Gender Violence
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Josefina Vázquez Mota accuses ex-presidents Fox and Calderón of “gender violence”
México City (March 10, 2021).- Senator Josefina Vázquez Mota, who was a presidential candidate for the PAN political party back in 2012, denounced …
Merida, Yucatán, (March 5, 2021).- “Gender violence is presented as any intentional or unconscious damage by a man towards a woman, seeing her …
On 2nd September, Marcela Alemán, the mother of a four-year-old girl who was sexually abused in San Luis Potosí, tied herself to …
Domestic violence has spiked in Mexico during its coronavirus-related lockdown. According to a national network of women’s shelters, calls for help were up …
Almost one thousand women were murdered in Mexico in the first three months of the year, new figures show. The news comes as campaigners …
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Study says ‘macho culture’ is not to blame for violence against women in Mexico
In recent weeks, hundreds of women have taken to the streets of Mexico City protesting against murder, rape and other violence against women in …
Authorities from Yucatán point out that they are managing projects with a gender perspective, human rights and intercultural approach. “Through proper training …
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Man who killed a woman with a stone in Mérida found guilty of homicide in the first degree
A subject was found guilty of homicide in the first degree, after the events that took place in June 2018 in Mérida, …
Despite campaigns to stop gender-based violence and to impose bigger punishments for crimes against women, two women were victims of sexual assault …