Mexico is a global leader in sexual violence, according to data provided by the United Nations in 2011. The TSJ (Tribunal Superior de Justicia) reports that 783 attackers have received jail sentences for sex crimes in the last four years. That means that only 19 percent of the aggressors were legally punished.
Security and Justice specialists in the country have agreed on the fact that there’s a lack of commitment on behalf of Governmental functionaries, who seem to have fallen into bad habits and are not taking the necessary measures to solve these crimes.
Yakiri Rubio, Andrea Noel and Gabriela Nava, three out of the 3 million women who have been sexually assaulted in the country since 2011, are joining forces with Grupo de Acción por los Derechos Humanos y la Justicia A.C. and Change.org in the launch of a new campaign called “No Te Calles” (Don’t be silenced.)
“I was kidnapped, beaten, raped, and almost murdered,” says Rubio in the video posted on the movement’s YouTube channel. “I defended myself and went to the authorities, but instead of helping me they charged me with homicide. I spent three months in jail, unjustly.”
In a press statement released by Change.org on Friday, Alberto Herrera Aragón, the corporation’s director in Mexico, said: “In the last few days, the mass rejection to these different types of violent acts against women in Mexico has been evident, and Change.org wants to be able to help the women who have experience this, so they can tell their stories and make a public complaint.”
With this movement, Rubio, Noel, Nava and the organizations involved extend an invitation to all women who have been victims of sexual assault and ask them to share their stories in order for justice to prevail once and for all, #NoTeCalles.
“Don’t be silenced. Report it. If they touch one of us, we’ll all respond.” – Rubio, Noel, Nava.
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