Alto el Femicidio

in honor of Mexican Independence Day:
The text reads:

Brisia Nevares De Los Santos
20 years old.
Mother of two sons.
Maquiladora worker.
Viciously murdered on January 26, 2001

Femicide Facts:

Women Murdered - 470
Women Missing - 400
Suspected Serial Killings - 80-90
Arrests - 18
Convictions - 0
*Small advances in the struggle for justice are due to the perseverance of victims' families who cannot be silenced despite the efforts of state and federal authorities to keep them quite.

Maquiladora Facts:

Average Salary per day - $4.80
Hours per work day - 10-12
Average commute - 1-2 hrs
Purchase 2 lbs of beans - 4 hrs work
Purchase a box of diapers - 12 hrs work
Purchase 1 gallon of milk - 4 hrs work
*A female worker must submit to mandatory pregnancy tests

Ya basta de violencia en contra de las mujeres! Ni Una Mas!
Enough with violence against women! Not one more!


pictures taken at burning man by my friend Liz