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Feminist movement 2020, Mexico
On March 8th, 2020, thousands of women raised their voice to demand for the government to take action against the vast number of femicides that had taken place in the country. In November of 2019 the INEGI (National Institute of Statistics and Geography) published a report stating that the rate of femicides was considerably higher in comparison to previous reports from the last 29 years. They estimated that 10 women died everyday victims of gender-based violence. Their studies also revealed that at least 66.1% of women had suffered from some kind of aggression including; verbal, physical and sexual abuse. At the beginning of 2020, there were multiple reported cases of missing women, including young girls. Most of these women were later found dead with signs of sexual abuse and torture. However, the authorities dismissed many cases without any further investigation. Another concern that women expressed was that the media were taking a sensationalist approach to cover these stories. One of the most controversial was the case of Ingrid Escamilla; a women who had been brutally murdered by her husband. Newspapers printed her skinned body on the first page but covered the aggressor's face. The story had a lot of impact on social media and led to public speculation about Ingrid's actions that might have triggered her partner's behaviour. Women argued that this form of chauvinism and victim-blaming were key factors that led to more oppression and violence in society. As a result, on women's day 2020, women organised a national protest and took over the streets. The protest was followed by a national strike that took place on March 9th. The movement "el 9 nadie se mueve" consisted on women suspending all of their activities in the workplace and school, and abstaining from using any form of social media. The idea behind this strike was to raise awareness about femicides and what Mexico would look like without women.