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More Than 70 Percent of Mexican Women are Victims of Violence

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By KELIN DILLON According to the Mexican National Institute of Statistics and Geography’s (Inegi) annual National Survey on the Dynamics of Relationships in Households 2021 (Endireh), more than 70.1 percent of Mexico’s 50 million-plus women over the age of 15 have experienced at least one violent situation throughout the past 12 months, statistics reflective of Mexico’s enduring femicide crisis. The

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International Women’s Day in Mexico Casts a Dark Shadow

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OPINION By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Thousands of Mexican women are expected to take to the streets on Tuesday, March 8, to mark International Women’s Day (IWD), and while President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has called on the marchers to avoid violence, few expect the protests to be 100 percent pacifistic. Mexico, with one of the highest per capita incidences of

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