In February of this year the brutal killing and mutilation of 25-year-old Ingrid Escamilla, her body skinned and missing some of its organs, and the abduction and murder of 7-year-old Fátima Aldrighett, her tortured body discovered in a plastic bag, sparked enormous outrage in Mexico and around the world.
According to my friend, who lives part-time in Mexico and works with a foundation that supports disenfranchised women and children in Cabos, these atrocities are the norm.
There is an astonishing level of violence against women in Mexico — an average of 10 women were killed every day last year, according to official government figures.
In my country, Canada, a woman is killed every week, and now worldwide, we have the Covid-19 pandemic.
Here’s what Angela Marie MacDougall, the Executive Director of Battered Women’s Support Services in Vancouver, wrote March 17th:
Angela Marie MacDougall, based in Vancouver, Canada, Angela is the Executive Director at Battered Women’s Support Services
I write today from Battered Women’s Support Services (BWSS), where our volunteer and staff team continue on the front-line supporting survivors of gender-based violence with crisis intervention, counseling, and legal advocacy.
Like our counterpoints across B.C., the women who access our services are navigating violence against women and gender-based violence including domestic and sexual violence, poverty, substandard or precarious housing, substance use and ill mental health, sex work and sexual exploitation, as well as, compromised immune systems resulting from these factors.
Did you know the botanical meaning of the word corona?
Steve Beckow, editor-in-chief of the Golden Age of Gaia, wrote a post called, “
