Analysis on social movements.
Social movement The feminist movement in Mexico In an interview with Milenio, Margarita Mantilla Chávez, a teacher in Women's Studies at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM), defines feminism as “a political and social movement that involves raising awareness of women as a group, against the oppression, sexual violence, subordination and exploitation, which seeks equal conditions of rights and opportunities for women in relation to men, as well as fair social conditions for both sectors. It is not a radical group that seeks to divide or promote hatred towards the masculine gender, ”he explained. Context As violence in the country increases, the number of femicides, that is, the murder of girls and women because of their gender, has also escalated. In 2019, the Mexican authorities registered 1,006 such murders, 10 percent more than the previous year. The number of femicides committed daily has not stopped despite the coronavirus, an average of be...
