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The situation in Juarez!
Femicide in Juarez and Chihuahua: For more than a decade, the cities of Chihuahua and Juarez, near the US-Mexico border, have been killing fields for young women, the site of over 400 unsolved femicides. Despite the horrific nature of these crimes, authorities at all levels exhibit indifference, and there is strong evidence that some officials may be involved. Impunity and corruption has permitted the criminals, whoever they are, to continue committing these acts, knowing there will be no consequences. A significant number of victims work in the maquiladora sector - sweatshops that produce for export, with 90% destined for the United States. The maquiladoras employ mainly young women, at poverty level wages. In combination with lax environmental regulations and low tariffs under the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the maquiladoras are amassing tremendous wealth. Yet despite the crime wave, they offer almost no protection for their workers. High profile government campaigns such as Ponte Vista (Be Aware), a self defense program, and supplying women with whistles have been ineffective and are carried out mainly for public relations purposes.

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What is the Juarez Project?
The Juarez Project is a local grassroots organization that has been supporting the women of Juárez since 2002. We have helped the families by providing emotional and financial support to their groups through fundraising efforts, donations, and outreach. We have organized local events on numerous occasions and have been featured in many media outlets. To date, we have raised thousands of dollars for murdered family advocacy groups in Juárez. If you would like to get involved in the juarez project and ending the violence against these women please contact us either through this page or our email address is juarezproject@yahoo.com--Tanisha founder, The Juarez Project

Congress Puts Pressure on the Mexican President

This entry was posted on 8/15/2007 7:50 AM and is filed under uncategorized.

Lawmakers Urge Action on Juarez Murders

Wednesday, August 08, 2007

More than 90 members of Congress signed a letter to Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Wednesday urging action on the murders of young women in the border town of Ciudad Juarez.

The letter was initiated by Rep. Hilda Solis, D-Calif., and signed by 92 other members of the House, Democrats and Republicans.

"We are very pleased that the Mexican federal government has made good-faith efforts in recent years to combat violence against women in Ciudad Juarez and throughout Mexico. Nevertheless, the brutal assaults and murders continue," the lawmakers wrote to Calderon, who took office last December.

Hundreds of women have been murdered in Ciudad Juarez and the state of Chihuahua since 1993, and about 100 killings followed a pattern in which young women were sexually assaulted, killed and dumped in the desert.

The lawmakers applauded Calderon for signing a law prohibiting violence against women but urged him to fund it adequately and enact tougher penalties for such violence. They noted that the statute of limitation for murders in Mexico is 14 years and some murders are going unsolved longer than that.

"While there has been some progress in investigating the more recent crimes, the murders of women killed 14 years ago cannot be forgotten," the letter says.

Last year, both the House and Senate passed resolutions expressing sympathy with the families of the murdered women and encouraging increased U.S. involvement to solve the crimes.