every 11 minutes a woman or girl is
killed somewhere in the world not by a
stranger on the street not by a random
criminal but by her own family let me
explain in mexico 10 women are murdered
daily for no reason other than the fact
that they are women that is a classroom
full of students this is called femicide
and it's a huge problem we bring you
inside a place where women are under
siege
a lot of these crimes are still being
classified as homicides related to
organized crime even though half the
world's femicides happen in latin
america it's actually a huge problem all
around the world in the u.s alone three
women are killed every day and most by
men that they already knew
these victims here are not just another
number they are moms sisters and
daughters just like you and me women who
are beaten harassed and raped before
being killed and more times than not
this happens not in a dark alley not in
a strange dangerous place but at home
with their partners her boyfriend heard
that
my husband
doesn't just happen randomly it comes
from a history of sexism and abuse in a
lot of cultures women are seen as
property just like a cow or sheep
i've been denied basic human rights of
sleep access to medication access to
food i wasn't allowed to meet relatives
talk to my friends parents so when a
woman does something that looks bad she
might end up murdered in an honor
killing femicide just to protect the
family's image i was told by my
ex-mother-in-law that
women like you should be born
and the worst part even though she was
the one who was literally murdered
people still blame her the woman for the
abuse saying what do you expect to do
when she talks like that when you dress
up like that act like that
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and the violence continues when
governments don't take it seriously up
until 1920 it was legal to beat your
wife in the united states that was only
a hundred years ago and today if you are
a woman you are not safe beating women
is still legal
when abuse happens sometimes families
and even the womans themselves keep it a
secret it even happened to me and i
never reported my sexual assault for
many reasons i was ashamed i knew the
person i didn't want to ruin their life
it's always very complicated when these
things happen i didn't want to repeat it
and relive it plus i knew the police
might not even do anything and that's
exactly what hundreds of women do every
year we stay silent because of fear
embarrassment shame or we just don't
have energy for this stuff anymore
thankfully i'm alive to tell this story
and my life is not at risk but a lot of
women who do report it end up killed
just like this woman avril perez sagaon
after her husband beat her with a
baseball bat she reported the abuse he
went to jail and she filed for a divorce
just 10 months later he was released and
one week later she was shot dead by a
hired hitman and her husband is still
not in jail
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femicide is not a problem about women it
is a problem about us women are not safe
because we aren't keeping them safe so
how can normal people like you and me
stop femicide and violence against women
when people protest against femicide we
need to stop criticizing them on how
they protest and support them for what
they are trying to do we need to demand
more laws that protect women and train
the police to crack down on domestic
abuse we need to stop slut-shaming women
for how they act or what they wear and
we need to focus more on teaching boys
and men how to respect women as children
and when they grow up
and finally hold people accountable
including yourself share this video and
start a conversation that could save a
life