Las Desaparecidas de Juarez
Las Desaparecidas De Juarez
Located in the state if Chihuahua, Juarez is the 5th largest city in all of Mexico with almost two million people (Juarez-Mexico). The population of Juarez is not the what people from Mexico and all over the world talk about but instead they talk about the mass murders of young women, and female children which rose in numbers since 1993. From the years 1993-2003 there was a reported 265 murders or femicides of women; and an estimate of around 460 to this date (Casa Amiga). There are is a surplus amount of murders and kidnaps cases not legally reported just as there are many questions unanswered. Thousands of women migrate to Juarez from all over Mexico anywhere from Durango to Veracruz in hopes of finding a job. Many of the girls and young women which travel are “campesinas” which come from very poverty-striken families (Agosin, Marjorie). The jobs that they seek in Juarez are factory jobs who have already reached their capacity of workers. Women who come to Juarez are attracted to the jobs even if they are exploited because in January 1, 1994 the “ North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), ha[d] created jobs for more than 1.2 million Mexicans, approximately 250,000 in Juarez alone” (Agosin, Marjorie). Some people speculate that some of the murders started because of the “machista” characteristics since women made up approximately 60% of all the factory workers and they earned around 55 dollars a week. This could have fired the violence against women since having earning their money increased financial and social independence. These women were daughters, sisters, aunts, and mothers, and wives to somebody and will forever leave a memory engraved in their respective loved ones. Many family members to this day have not had any answers given to them as to who the killers are. The families are who are affected the most. Nobody benefits from these tragic murders but everybody should consider this to be a detriment to their daily
Located in the state if Chihuahua, Juarez is the 5th largest city in all of Mexico with almost two million people (Juarez-Mexico). The population of Juarez is not the what people from Mexico and all over the world talk about but instead they talk about the mass murders of young women, and female children which rose in numbers since 1993. From the years 1993-2003 there was a reported 265 murders or femicides of women; and an estimate of around 460 to this date (Casa Amiga). There are is a surplus amount of murders and kidnaps cases not legally reported just as there are many questions unanswered. Thousands of women migrate to Juarez from all over Mexico anywhere from Durango to Veracruz in hopes of finding a job. Many of the girls and young women which travel are “campesinas” which come from very poverty-striken families (Agosin, Marjorie). The jobs that they seek in Juarez are factory jobs who have already reached their capacity of workers. Women who come to Juarez are attracted to the jobs even if they are exploited because in January 1, 1994 the “ North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), ha[d] created jobs for more than 1.2 million Mexicans, approximately 250,000 in Juarez alone” (Agosin, Marjorie). Some people speculate that some of the murders started because of the “machista” characteristics since women made up approximately 60% of all the factory workers and they earned around 55 dollars a week. This could have fired the violence against women since having earning their money increased financial and social independence. These women were daughters, sisters, aunts, and mothers, and wives to somebody and will forever leave a memory engraved in their respective loved ones. Many family members to this day have not had any answers given to them as to who the killers are. The families are who are affected the most. Nobody benefits from these tragic murders but everybody should consider this to be a detriment to their daily
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