Mexican War On Drugs

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Blurb: Women across Mexico have taken to the streets to publicly march and declare their stance against the ongoing corruption and abuse they have suffered during the decade-long war on drugs. On the eve of el Dia de Los Muertos this year, countless mothers, sisters, and friends, took to the streets to chant “ni una mas” (not one more) in protest of the number of women who have been kidnaped, raped, tortured, and murdered during the war on drugs. The time for women to integrate into the security sector, government, and peacebuilding efforts is now. http://ebuddynews.com/mexican-women-protest-violence-impunity-day-dead/ Ni Una Mas: Women’s’ Voices Matter in Mexico’s War on Drugs. “The war on drugs has normalized misogynistic violence” said …show more content…

As the decade-long war on drugs in Mexico persists, so do the effect this silently violent war is having on the lives of Mexican women. Since 2006 when Mexico officially declared a war on drugs, violence against women has risen dramatically. Yet women continue to be left out of the peacebuilding conversations. The Mexican government has made efforts to “officially” include women in peace conversations, the security sector, and in government, but the reality of the Mexican state is not quite as rosy. Without the voices and presence of women in government, military, and peacebuilding efforts, Mexico continues to be a misogynistic state, plagued by rampant impunity, and violence against women. Former President Felipe Calderon publicly stated that the Mexican government has found a direct correlation between the war on drugs and the rise of violence against women. Powerful, armed men on both sides of the conflict have reportedly used violence against women as a way to advance their agenda. In a “machista society”, where discrimination and misogyny are common place, women are more vulnerable to all kinds of violence, from targeted retaliations to sex trafficking and domestic …show more content…

Nothing. Over the decade-long war on drugs, Mexico has seen a rise in military activity but the concern among civilians, especially women, is that the tactics used by the government’s military to fight the war on drugs have gone unchecked. Corruption and impunity have exacerbated an already harmful culture of abuse against women. Military men and drug cartels know their actions will have no consequences and continue to use violence against women as one of their methods of operation. In response, women across Mexico have taken to the streets to publicly march and declare their stance against the ongoing corruption and abuse. One of the most recent and most powerful marches took place on the eve of el Dia de Los Muertos. As the country prepared for a celebration in honor of their desist family members, mothers, sisters, and friends, took to the streets to chant “ni una mas” (not one more) in protest of the number of women who have been kidnaped, raped, tortured, and murdered without consequence during the war on drugs. Their voices inspired similar protests across the country to take place, but their voices should not

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