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Copy - We are not hysterical, we are historical
Feminist groups organized and called for a national strike as a form of protest for the government's indifference to femicides, invited women from society to take to the streets on March 8 and later to stop activities on March 9 at all levels: work, school and home. This form of protest once again demonstrated the urgency to address violence and seek the creation of policies that support the right of women to have guaranteed security. 11 days later the quarantine began due to the arrival of the Covid-19 pandemic. Due to this, a large percentage of women had to face domestic violence, thus causing an increase in femicides due to confinement with their aggressors.
In September 2020, the head of the National Human Rights Commission, Rosario Piedra, received in her office a group of relatives of victims, murdered, disappeared and violated women. Among them was Marcela Alemán, mother of a girl who was sexually assaulted in 2017 by teachers at her school; She, along with other women, took over the CNDH facilities, thus forming the Okupa "Ni Unas Menos." A refuge for violated women in need of a safe space, made up of young members of the feminist black bloc and mothers of victims.
This event marked a before and after in the history of the fourth wave of the feminist movement in Mexico. Inspiring the new generations to go out and fight for their safety and not to remain silent in the face of violations of their rights, thus causing the arrival of demonstrations on distinctive dates such as September 28, the day that women come out to demand the guarantee of an abortion safe, legal and free. These demonstrations have sparked violent clashes against police officers, as well as on November 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls.
The women of the feminist black bloc cover their faces with black hoods to protect their identity due to the anarchist acts that characterize them, they have become a powerful symbol of the Mexican feminist movement, fighting through direct action techniques such as throwing Molotov bombs, confronting to police officers and spray-paint messages of nonconformity against the system that governs us.
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