MEXICO WOMEN
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Crime & Justice
Mexican woman who killed rapist: Resisting sexual assault lands you in prison
By Cristina Sanchez Reyes Mexico City, May 19 (EFE).- A Mexican woman who earlier this week was sentenced to more…
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Crime & Justice
Wave of femicides in southern Mexico raises alarm
Oaxaca, Mexico, Mar 7 (EFE).- The southern Mexican state of Oaxaca is leading the nation so far this year in…
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Politics
UN Women calls for urgent action against discrimination, gender violence
By Ines Amarelo Mexico City, Nov 30 (EFE).- Immediate action is needed to end discrimination and gender violence in Mexico…
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Social Issues
Mexico march puts violence against women, girls in spotlight
San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Mexico, Oct 8 (EFE).- Dozens of women and girls marched through the main streets of…
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Crime & Justice
Mexicans demand gov’t action on gender violence, disappearances
Mexico City, May 18 (EFE).- Civil society groups demonstrated Wednesday in the Zócalo plaza of Mexico City against the rising…
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Crime & Justice
Brutal rape in Mexican city notorious for gender violence stirs outrage
By Guadalupe Peñuelas Mexico City, May 14 (EFE).- Residents of Ciudad Juarez, the gritty Mexican border metropolis infamous for hundreds…
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Crime & Justice
Mexican student invents device to detect rape drugs in beverages
Querétaro, Mexico, May 5 (EFE).- A Mexican student has invented a device that detects sedatives in alcoholic beverages used by…
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Crime & Justice
Women call for end to wave of disappearances in Mexico
Mexico City, Apr 19 (EFE).- Several dozen women marched on Tuesday in the center of Mexico City asking for justice…
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Social Issues
Mexican female-operated auto repair shop helping to shatter stereotypes
By Sergio Adrian Angeles Queretaro, Mexico, Mar 10 (EFE)- Maria Fernanda Ornelas checks under the hood of a car and…
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Crime & Justice
Activists install feminism symbol in Mexico City ahead of Women’s Day
Mexico City, Mar 5 (EFE).- Hundreds of people in Mexico City on Saturday held a day of collective action at…
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