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🟣 We will once again mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women by bringing together academics whose work contributes to our understanding of women's history and feminism.
It will take place on December 3, online, with mandatory registration.
ℹ️ https://ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/en/events/fighting-contrasting-empowering-2025/
#Histodons #IDEVAW #WomensHistory #Feminism #ViolenceAgainstWomen #DIEVCM #HistóriaDasMulheres #Feminismo #ViolênciaContraAsMulheres
#Sheinbaum — Mexico’s first woman president, elected earlier this year, stated in her public address:
“If this can happen to the President, imagine what #women go through every day.”
Her response has ignited a countrywide reckoning over #ViolenceAgainstWomen, one of Mexico’s most urgent crises.
The nation records 10 #femicides a day, according to #UNWomenMexico and thousands more cases of #harassment many of which go #unreported.
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“No more #ViolenceAgainstWomen,” #ClaudiaSheinbaum said in March. “No more femicide, no more beatings, no more abuse, no more violent words against Mexican women.”
In response to her #assault, Sheinbaum unveiled a new initiative against #SexualAbuse. The plan includes a push to make sexual abuse a punishable #crime in every state in #Mexico, education for prosecutors & judges on crimes against women, a public campaign to encourage women to report sexual abuse, & a streamlined process to do so.
“No more #ViolenceAgainstWomen,” #ClaudiaSheinbaum said in March. “No more femicide, no more beatings, no more abuse, no more violent words against Mexican women.”
In response to her #assault, Sheinbaum unveiled a new initiative against #SexualAbuse. The plan includes a push to make sexual abuse a punishable #crime in every state in #Mexico, education for prosecutors & judges on crimes against women, a public campaign to encourage women to report sexual abuse, & a streamlined process to do so.
#ClaudiaSheinbaum also forced all security & justice institutions to recognize that #gender can be a factor in a #crime. And she required every state to have a specialized prosecutor’s office for so-called #femicides, which #Mexico defines as #murders in which the authorities can prove a #woman was killed because of her gender.
On the streets of #Mexico City this week, many #women could quickly recall frightening personal incidents—men following them on the street or groping them on a crowded train. Many said they did not believe they could count on the #police to pursue such cases, whether #SexualHarassment was a punishable #crime or not.
#SexualAssault #RapeCulture #misogyny #MaleSupremacy #ViolenceAgainstWomen #ClaudiaSheinbaum
In the capital, where #SexualHarassment & #abuse are crimes, many #women said the #police would file a complaint only if a victim knew her abuser’s name. Going to the authorities was widely seen as a waste of time, they said; even if a complaint was filed, it would be unlikely to result in a full investigation or arrest, as it did in President Sheinbaum’s case.
#SexualAssault #RapeCulture #misogyny #MaleSupremacy #ViolenceAgainstWomen #ClaudiaSheinbaum
For many #women in #Mexico, the #crime against the president, during which a man tried to kiss her & put his hands on her chest, was a sad fact of life. Mexico has a long history of machismo, a culture that teaches men they are entitled to control women, according to Mexican activists & female politicians, as well as a system of norms that reinforce #inequality & #violence.
#SexualAssault #RapeCulture #misogyny #MaleSupremacy #ViolenceAgainstWomen #ClaudiaSheinbaum
On the streets of #Mexico City this week, many #women could quickly recall frightening personal incidents—men following them on the street or groping them on a crowded train. Many said they did not believe they could count on the #police to pursue such cases, whether #SexualHarassment was a punishable #crime or not.
#SexualAssault #RapeCulture #misogyny #MaleSupremacy #ViolenceAgainstWomen #ClaudiaSheinbaum
Just how far is now the subject of a national conversation—set off by the #SexualAssault Tues—about the #harassment, #abuse & #violence #women still face in #Mexico. Online, on TV & in their homes, women expressed indignation that not even the president was safe & resignation that nothing would ever change.
#ClaudiaSheinbaum herself said on Wednesday what many were wondering, asking, “If this can happen to the president, what’s going to happen to all the young women & women across our country?”
For many #women in #Mexico, the #crime against the president, during which a man tried to kiss her & put his hands on her chest, was a sad fact of life. Mexico has a long history of machismo, a culture that teaches men they are entitled to control women, according to Mexican activists & female politicians, as well as a system of norms that reinforce #inequality & #violence.
#SexualAssault #RapeCulture #misogyny #MaleSupremacy #ViolenceAgainstWomen #ClaudiaSheinbaum
In Democratic ranking member Rep Robert Garcia’s statement on the #BillBarr closed-door deposition to the #House#Oversight Cmte re the #EpsteinFiles he states, “…to be clear, yesterday, during his deposition with the Committee, Attorney General Barr could not clear President #Trump of wrongdoing. Chairman Comer should release the full unedited transcript of his interview for the public.”
#law#JeffreyEpstein#CoverUp#ChildSexualAbuse#SexTrafficking#SexualAbuse#Rape#ViolenceAgainstWomen
In Democratic ranking member Rep Robert Garcia’s statement on the #BillBarr closed-door deposition to the #House#Oversight Cmte re the #EpsteinFiles he states, “…to be clear, yesterday, during his deposition with the Committee, Attorney General Barr could not clear President #Trump of wrongdoing. Chairman Comer should release the full unedited transcript of his interview for the public.”
#law#JeffreyEpstein#CoverUp#ChildSexualAbuse#SexTrafficking#SexualAbuse#Rape#ViolenceAgainstWomen
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