Luz Estrada Mendoza on Mexico's Epidemic of Violence Against Women Laura Carlsen - CIP Americas
go to original December 11, 2014

Interviews From Mexico - Violence against Women and Feminicides (teleSURtv)

The incidence of violence against women in Mexico has become an epidemic - one that cuts across class and regions. The official numbers hide the real scope of the problem. Many victims never report the crimes, out of fear or shame. And government officials often cover up the violence to avoid the negative image and sometimes to actively protect the guilty.

Interview From Mexico spoke with Luz Estrada Mendoza about violence against women and “gender alerts” in the country. Luz is the director of the National Citizen Observatory on Femicides and runs the Program on Gender Violence and Human Rights, of Catholics for the Right to Decide. She’s been a prominent researcher and organizer against gender violence for more than a decade.

Read the transcript at CIP Americas

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