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March 22, 2022

What More Should Mexico Do to Deter Gender Violence?

A femicide protest that took place in Mexico City in 2019 is pictured. // File Photo: Thayne Tuason via CC license.

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Merike Blofield and Nancy Madera, director of the GIGA Institute for Latin American Studies and Ph.D candidate in political science at the Universidad Nacional San Martin, respectively: “Femicide is only the tip of the iceberg of widespread gender-based violence (GBV). To prevent this crime, the government must address it much more broadly, not only through legal but also health, education and socioeconomic policies. While Mexico has made significant advances over the past 15 years, these efforts are nowhere near sufficient, and current President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has not prioritized the issue. In fact, some of his actions have decidedly exacerbated the problem, from meager funding of GBV services, to comments downplaying the seriousness of violence against women. Moreover, the government’s unwillingness to establish broad and adequate cash transfers to vulnerable families has aggravated risk conditions for domestic violence. In a comparative context, Mexico, like most Latin American countries, has a relatively robust normative framework on GBV…”

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