Mexico's other epidemic: Murdered women
- Written by Alejandra Marquez Guajardo, Assistant Professor of Spanish, Michigan State University
Women protest chronically high rates of femicide – the killing of women – in Mexico City in November 2019. Pedro Pardo/AFP via Getty ImagesDomestic violence has spiked in Mexico during its coronavirus-related lockdown. According to a national network of women’s shelters, calls for help were up 60% in April.
Even before the...