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Violence against women in Mexico includes different forms of gender-based violence. It may consist of emotional , physical , sexual , and/or mental abuse. [ 1 ] The United Nations (UN) has rated Mexico as one of the most violent countries for women in the world.
The Women's Access Law defines femicide violence as: "The extreme form of gender violence against women, product of the violation of their human rights, in the public and private spheres, formed by the set of misogynist behaviors that can lead to social and State impunity and can culminate in homicide and other forms of violent death of women.
Violence against indigenous women often has higher rates than violence against non‐indigenous women. [where?] [citation needed] Many indigenous communities are rural, with few resources and little help from the government or non-state actors. These groups also often have strained relationships with law enforcement, making prosecution difficult.
Julia Zulver, a Mexico-based expert on gender violence for the Swedish Defence University, said a much-needed law may have become politicized, noting exclusion and repression of women is “a vast ...
International Women's Day march in Mexico City. The rate of domestic violence against women in Mexican marital relationships varies at between 30 and 60 percent of relationships. [24] As of 2014, Mexico has the 16th highest rate of homicides committed against women in the world. [25] This rate has been on the rise since 2007. [25]
Indigenous traditions have been used as a pretext by the Mexican government to deny rights to indigenous women, such as the right to own land. Additionally, violence against women has been regarded by the Mexican government as a cultural practice. [68] The EZLN accepted a Revolutionary Law for Women on March 8, 1993. [68]
In the twentieth century, Mexican women made great strides towards a more equal legal and social status. In 1953 women in Mexico were granted the right to vote in national elections. Urban women in Mexico worked in factories, the earliest being the tobacco factories set up in major Mexican cities as part of the lucrative tobacco monopoly.
More than 500 women were killed between 1993 and 2011 in Ciudad Juárez, a city in northern Mexico. [1] [2] The murders of women and girls received international attention primarily due to perceived government inaction in preventing the violence and bringing perpetrators to justice. [3]