Collected Item: “Feminism during Covid”
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Feminism during Covid
What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?
photograph, news
Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.
Unfortunately, gender violence has been increased due to Covid. The lockdown can have several psychological and social consequences. According to Mittal and Sighn, the "surge of gender-based violence (it is due to) economic insecurity and alcohol consumption." Also, their research concludes that "gender-based violence has been one of the most neglected outcomes of pandemics." Particularly in Mexico, gender-based violence has been a constant problem, from the "muertas de Juárez" in the 90s to the lack of interest of the Mexican government to deal with the femicide in 2020. Even with the pandemic, the feminist movement has been very active. The photo I chose is from a member of "el bloque negro", a feminist group during the takeover of the CNDH (Human Rights National Commission) on October 3rd. Now, the CNDH is controlled by several feminist groups and works as a shelter for victims of gender-based violence. In Mexico, ten women are killed every day. Even with these statistics, last year president AMLO has eliminated the government’s subsidies for women's shelters. The pandemic demands isolation but the high gender-based violence in our country and the rise of this problem due to the lockdown can't be ignored, even if lives are at health risk.
Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?
#feministmovement, #genderviolence, #Mexico, #angry, #lockdown
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https://elpais.com/mexico/2020-10-03/la-mecha-del-feminismo-enciende-mexico.html, https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fgwh.2020.00004/full
Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)
Nayeli Cruz
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2020-10-03