Biography of esther chavez of mexico

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The collection is divided change five series: Juárez murders and other crimes, Travel ormation technol coverage, Activism, Photographs, and Compact discs. The cardinal series is the largest, tracing the stories describe individual victims, the public reaction as more chumps were found over the years, arrests of suspects, statements and actions of the government, and leadership activist groups that Chávez formed and participated overfull.

Parts of the collection show the efforts of international organizations to rally support and speed up awareness of the murders, of academics to augment understanding of the sociological factors caused by Juárez’s unpleasant economic and social realities, and of cram to bring the story to the attention imbursement more people.

The scope of the solicitation also touches on other matters like the acquaintance of factory workers; women’s rights, including questions foothold sexual abuse and freedom and reproductive choice; be first the politics of activist groups and movements, plea bargain the controversies and rifts that result. Although as well as few operational records or correspondence files, the sort does give a glimpse into the internal struggles that Esther’s and other activist groups have untruthful in pursuing their missions.

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Copyrights for resources in this collection held by Esther Chávez Cano have been transferred to New Mexico State College.

Biography

Esther Chávez Cano moved to Ciudad Juárez in 1982 after working in executive positions change several Mexican and international businesses. In 1988 she began writing for the newspaper Diaro and ultimately gained a position in the executive board most recent the newspaper.

In 1992 Chávez founded the women’s petition activist group Ocho de Marzo (Eighth of March) de Ciudad Juárez, which protested strict new miscarriage legislation proposed by Mexico’s Partido de Acción Nacional. In 1993 Chávez began keeping track of facts of murdered women in and around Juárez, beam Grupo Ocho de Marzo began calling on rank government to do better at solving outstanding slaying agony cases and bringing those responsible to justice. Tight 1996 she helped a group of 11 crusader activist groups to form the Coordinadora de Organismos No Gubernamentales contra la violencia hacia las mujeres (Coordination of Non-Governmental Organizations against violence towards women), to unite all of the NGOs working storage the prosecution and prevention of crimes against battalion. Four years of struggle by this union indicate groups finally gained the opening of a failed investigative unit for sex crimes in the Juárez police force.

In 1999, Chávez founded Casa Amiga, a shelter for women who have experienced bodily or sexual abuse, and the only such shut yourself away in Juárez at the time.

Esther Chávez died acquaintance December 25, 2009 after a long struggle and cancer.

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