{"id":3571,"date":"2019-03-27T18:11:34","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T18:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/?p=3571"},"modified":"2019-03-27T18:11:34","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T18:11:34","slug":"mexican-writers-journalists-actors-denounce-abuse-against-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/2019\/03\/27\/mexican-writers-journalists-actors-denounce-abuse-against-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexican writers, journalists, actors denounce abuse against women"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What started as one woman in Mexico<\/a>‘s literary world sharing experiences of sexual abuse, has since grown into a online campaign against sexual harassment and other forms of assault in several industries in the country.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The social movement started on Thursday after Ana Ge, a political commentator, tweeted that “a powerful man within the literary circle” had beaten, manipulated and abandoned more than 10 women, on multiple occasions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But since “he is a renowned writer, nobody believes these women,” she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following Ge’s tweet, #MetooEscritoresMexicanos or “Me Too Mexican Writers” began to trend in the country, with millions of mentions, according to local media. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Monday, #MeTooPeriodistasMexicanos (Me Too Mexican Journalists), #MeTooAcademicosMexicanos (Me Too Mexican Academics) and #MeTooCineMexicano (Me Too Mexican Cinema) were being used by abuse and harassment survivors to shed light on the prevalence of violence against women in these industries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Seven women killed every day<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Violence against women <\/a>is widespread in Mexico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the United Nations, the country has one of the world’s highest femicide rates. Seven women<\/a> are killed every day, according to the UN. Six out of 10 women,<\/a>including minors, say they have suffered some type of violence in their lives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The online campaign came less a month after a new poll, conducted by the United Mexican Journalist collective, found that 73 percent of women faced some type of abuse in the media industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

About 63 percent said the abuse came from their coworkers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recently, victims of domestic abuse were given panic alarms as part of government efforts to combat growing rates of violence, but many online said that more must be done. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mexico’s #Me Too moment on Twitter this weekend was not its first. In 2018, Mexican actress Karla Souza came forward with news of how a director had raped her at the start of her career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Souza did not reveal the name of her attacker, but the Mexican television network Televisa pointed the finger at filmmaker Gustavo Loza. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Loza has denied the accusations, saying in a statement that the actress gave no “direct accusations against me in any of her interviews”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The #MeToo <\/a>movement gained momentum in October 2017 after US producer Harvey Weinstein was accused<\/a> by several women of sexual assault and rape. Weinstein has denied the allegations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Millions of women worldwide shared their own stories of abuse, harassment and assault.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/03\/mexican-writers-journalists-actors-denounce-abuse-women-190325142846655.html<\/a>
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