Remembering Women Lost: An Ongoing Fight for Remembrance of Juárez Femicide Victims

Abstract

Femicide: murder of women specifically on account of their gender; Ciudad Juàrez, Mexico 1993 to 2005 -- more than 370 femicides; Highly likely that these numbers are underestimated due to government indifference and unrecorded cases; Femicide began in the early 1990s and continues to modern day; Little action from Mexican government over these thirty years to prevent femicide or remember the victims; Concerned families and citizens have taken it upon themselves to Inform others on the issue; Memorialize the victims; Decrease occurrence of femicide. [From Introduction]