Mexican Foreign Ministry Hosts International Seminar on Sexual Violence Prensa Latina
go to original May 12, 2014

National Women's Institute President Lorena Cruz Sánchez (Foto Agencia MVT)

The need to fight sexual violence was an outstanding concept during the opening today of an international seminar about that subject, currently held at the Mexican Foreign Ministry.

During her speech at the meeting, National Women's Institute President Lorena Cruz called sexual violence an unspeakable crime, associated to war and one that happens every day, at all times and places.

Cruz said poor, distorted and untimely information about this issue, contributes to impunity, something that the international community has to fight at all costs, as an ethical imperative.

She said there has to be zero tolerance to sexual violence and in general to all kinds of attacks against women, girls and boys.

Lia Limon, human rights undersecretary of the Government Secretariat, defended establishment of special courts and free assistance plans for women that have been attacked.

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