A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Through the analytical category of feminicide this article studies the killing of little girls and women in ciudad juarez, mexico, between 1993 and 1999. Through the analytical category of feminicide this article studies the killing of little girls and women in ciudad juarez. Media in category female homicides in ciudad juarez the following 8 files are in this category, out of 8 total. The implementation of the north american free trade agreement in 1994 resulted in. Article information, pdf download for feminicidio, narcoviolence, and. Leyzaola, in ciudad juarez, chihuahua mexico when he referred to the. Female homicides in ciudad juarez wikimedia commons. The other side of the ciudad juarez femicide story revista. In the 1990s, the largest city on the texasmexico border became infamous for its gruesome femicidesthe murders of hundreds of women. In the mid1960s, mexico established the border industrialization program to encourage foreign investment and job creation in what began as feminized assemblyline production. In 2003 amnesty international issued a report, intolerable killings. The phenomenon of the female homicides in ciudad juarez, called in spanish feminicidio feminicide involves the violent deaths of hundreds of women and girls since 1993 in the northern mexican region of ciudad juarez, chihuahua, a border city across the rio grande from the u. University of pittsburgh, 2016 over the past twentythree years, several hundreds of women have been kidnapped, tortured and murdered with absolute impunity in ciudad juarez, an urban moloch on the mexicanamerican border.
The purpose is to distinguish different types of feminicide commited in this period and to outline the sociodernographic vulnerability profile of the victims. In this paper i create a feminist and marxist frame to show that there is much to be learned from the fight. Reading the feminicidios of ciudad juarez as narratives roberto poncecordero, ph. Ciudad juarez sits at the frontlines of globalization that started well before the north american free trade agreement nafta that began officially in 1994. The fight against impunity continues along mexicos border, especially in the industrial hub of ciudad juarez.
The report found that in 2003, over 370 women had been murdered, and at least 7 of them after being sexually assaulted. The report found that in 2003, over 370 women had been murdered, and at least 7. Feminicidio, femicidio, impunidad, violencia contra las mujeres, mexico. Feminicidio, narcoviolence, and gentrification in ciudad juarez. In the 1990s feminists brought this fight to international attention as they launched a transnational justice movement against feminicidio, the killing of women with impunity. Feminicidio sexual serial en ciudad juarez women on the border. Dworkin, andrea, life and death nueva york, free press, 1997. Feminicidio, narcoviolence, and gentrification in ciudad. The phenomenon of the female homicides in ciudad juarez, called in spanish feminicidio. Comprar libro completo al mejor precio nuevo o segunda mano en casa del libro mexico.
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