Forum discussion

“Women”

Ximena Santillán Mendoza A01562899

Paola Aimee Soto Ortiz A01562411
María Constanze Sinnemann Almeida A01562463
Eduardo Rodriguez Alvarado A01568426

10 de octubre del 2022

Violence, dignity and social justice

Teachers
Lilia Ortega Fierro
Paola Contestabile Frayre
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Number of people belonging to the group

The total population in Chihuahua is 3 741 869 habitants. 1 888 822 of them are women
(50.5%) and 1 853 822 are men (49.5%).

Specify if they live in a specific area of the state

Chihuahua, Chihuahua

Problems that affect them (do they have access to the same rights? can they move around
freely? are they more likely to be victims of violent crimes? do they have access to most
public services and opportunities? etc.)
- Unequal pay
- Sexual harassment
- Racism
- Women used as objects in marketing
- Women stereotyping
- Victims of violence without reason
- Less promotion, or job growth
Usually the women can’t safely walk alone at night within the municipality. Since women are
being targeted for gender reasons, which, put the state in the 4th place of femenicides and 3th of
sexual violence.
The salary gap between women and men rises up to 21.7%. Chihuahua is now the 13th state with
the lowest reduction of salary gap.
Identify which civil society organizations/NGOs work to further the access to rights of this
group. (these organizations might be a good source of information)
- Centro de Derechos Humanos de las Mujeres A.C. (CEDEHM)
- Centro de Justicia para las Mujeres (CEJUM)
- Mesa de Mujeres de Ciudad Juárez
- Centro de Atención a la Violencia Contra las Mujeres (CAVIM)
- Centro de Atención a la Mujer Trabajadora de Chihuahua A.C (CAMT)
- Mujer con Valor A.C.
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Identify how many people in the following government positions belong to this group:

Municipal presidencies 1 / 1
Congressmen (State Congress) 16 / 33
State government secretaries 7 / 21

And any other information that can help them understand the conditions in which they live
in a comprehensive way
According to official data, 10 women are killed in Mexico every day, and homicide is the leading
cause of death for Mexican women between the ages of 15 and 24.
The United Nations (UN) has rated Mexico as one of the most violent countries for women in the
world. According to the National Institute of Statistics and Geography in Mexico (INEGI), 66.1
percent of all women age 15 and older have experienced some kind of violence in their lives.

● Society always blames and questions women when they are the victims
● Society implies ideas over women themselves to make them feel guilty when there are
victims
● Control over the situations with women every day
● Control over the mindset of society about women’s rights, and about their obligations
● Mindset about men never having the fault, it’s always the fault of the women and their
actions.
● Control over the news about femicides, and how’s interpreted so that society reads it in a
certain way, and think about it in with the mindset that people with power want them to
think

Resources
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CEDEHM — Centro de Derechos Humanos de las Mujeres. (2022). Recuperado 19 de

septiembre de 2022, de https://cedehm.org.mx/es/

Centro de Atención a la Mujer Trabajadora A. C. (2057). Recuperado 19 de septiembre

de 2022, de https://centro-de-atencion-a-la-mujer-trabajadora.webnode.mx

Centro de Justicia para las Mujeres. (2022). Gobierno del Estado de Chihuahua.

Recuperado 19 de septiembre de 2022, de

https://chihuahua.gob.mx/info/centro-de-justicia-para-las-mujeres

Congreso del Estado de Chihuahua. (2021). Diputados. Congreso Chihuahua.

Recuperado 19 de septiembre de 2022, de

http://www.congresochihuahua.gob.mx/diputados/diputados.php

INEGI. (2020). EN CHIHUAHUA SOMOS 3 741 869 HABITANTES: CENSO DE

POBLACIÓN Y VIVIENDA 2020. Recuperado 19 de septiembre de 2022, de

https://www.inegi.org.mx/contenidos/saladeprensa/boletines/2021/EstSociodemo/ResultC

enso2020_Chih.pdf

Mesa de Mujeres Juárez - Por una cultura de igualdad de género. (2021, 8 abril). Mesa

de Mujeres Juárez. Recuperado 19 de septiembre de 2022, de

http://www.mesademujeresjuarez.org
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Mujer con Valor. (2021). Recuperado 19 de septiembre de 2022, de

http://mujerconvalor.org

Portal de Gobierno del Estado de Chihuahua. (2022). Gabinete [Conjunto de datos].

Portal de Gobierno del Estado de Chihuahua.

https://www.chihuahua.gob.mx/gobierno/gabinete