Death of Women in Juarez

Summary:

Over the past ten years, hundreds of young women have been raped disappeared and murdered in the Mexican border town, Ciudad Juarez, and in the state of Chihuahua.

Website:

http://www.maryknoll.org/voices

Additional Credits and Funding:

Host: Eileen Bott

Timely on:

September: Hispanic Heritage Month

Tones:

Engaging, Political, Sad

Language:

English

Description:

Part One:
DEATH IN JUAREZ: Over 320 women have been raped, tortured and murdered in the Mexican border town, Ciudad Juarez, and in the state of Chihuahua. Five hundred more have disappeared without a trace. Elinoar Astrinsky participated in the Maryknoll led Border Pilgrimage to bring attention to the increasing number of deaths at the border. Along with Judy Coode from the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns, she visited Juarez where Maryknoll priest Paul Masson lives and works. He introduced them to a mother of a fifteen-year-old who was found dead in a cotton field and the aunt of another young woman who disappeared three years ago.

OPTIONAL CUTAWAY CUE: “That’s 1-8-8-8 M-A-R-Y-K-N-O-L-L” at 14:00.

Part Two:
NI UNA MAS - NOT ONE MORE: Over the past ten years, little has been done to investigate the disappearances and deaths of hundreds of young women. Rueben Garcia, director of Annunciation House, explains that police corruption, strained economic resources, and lack of political will contribute to the devaluation of the life of women. At a protest in front of the Mexican consulate, Michelle Otero, a volunteer for Amigos de las Mujeres de Juarez, proclaims that inaction sends a clear message to people on both sides of the border, that it is easy to kill women and get away with it.

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