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The shooting death of a women's rights activist in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, is putting the issue of "femicides" back into the spotlight as violence against women in the country continues to increase. nbcnews.to/36qXuJp (1/5)
Femicides are defined as the killing of a woman or girl because of her gender. From 1985 to 2014, there were 47,178 women killed in Mexico due to their gender, according to data compiled by RFK Human Rights and Center for Women's Hollistic Development. (2/5)
In 2015, there were 411 femicides in Mexico. It increased to 601 in 2016, 742 in 2017 and 880 in 2018. nbcnews.to/36qXuJp (3/5)
Activist and artist Isabel Cabanillas de la Torre was found shot to death last weekend on a sidewalk in Juarez after friends reported her missing on social media. Her death set off protests in Juarez and Mexico City, with activists demanding justice. nbcnews.to/36qXuJp (4/5)
“The crime against Isabel represents an attack on activism,” the National Institute of Women and the Chihuahuan Institute of Women said in a statement. nbcnews.to/36qXuJp (5/5) #NBCNewsThreads
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