MUJERES DE JUAREZ

NI UNA MAS!

Background History

Ciudad Juarez is a shanty border town between the states of Chihuahua and Texas.

It is estimated that since 1993 more than 600 have been murdered.

Approximately 4,000 more women are still missing.

Many of the targeted women have been between the ages of 12-19 and virtually all were maquiladora workers.

The maquiladora employers refuse to provide their female workers with more security to and from work and both the Mexican and US government deny the femicides as a type of organized crime.

HARDCORE FACTS

In 1993, 19 women were murdered.

In 2010, 73 women were murdered.

Half of all the disappeared women leave at least one child behind.

THE VICTIM

Usually between the ages

of 12-25. Almost always a

maquiladora worker. Kidnapped, raped, stabbed,

mutilated, murdered. Disposed in the desert.

Bodies often found with the

clothing of other missing or

dead women.

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1. 1994 NAFTA AGREEMENT

2. IMMIGRATION

3. ORGANIZED CRIME

1994 NAFTA AGREEMENT

NAFTA eliminated the requirement that all production be exported out of Mexico so it gave employers an opportunity to sell production within the Mexican market, making it easier for Mexico to become a competitive actor in the industrial economy.

NAFTA manufactured the rise of industrialization in Mexico by setting up over 1.2 million U.S. owned factories.

25% of these new maquiladoras were based in Ciudad Juarez.

The maquiladora industry created employment for women.

The demand for employment attracted many young single women to the border from southern and central Mexico.

40,000-60,000 women migrate to Ciudad Juarez every single year.

Most of the young single women that move to the border go alone unaccompanied by family, friends, or a male companion.

The number one reason for their migration is for their independence through the use of monetary funds.

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Drug cartels along the border have been linked to the Juarez femicides.

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ORGANIZED CRIMES

Maquiladora employers have refused to improve safety conditions that would help

lessen the number of women gone missing.

Amnesty International Documentary