"It is necessary to invest in processes of social organisation and strengthen micro projects in the barrios," said Imelda Marrufo, founding director of the Red Mesa de Mujeres, a network of women's groups in Ciudad Juárez, on the U.S. border." read more
The MexicoBlog of the Americas Program, a fiscally sponsored program of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), is written by Laura Carlsen. I monitor and analyze international press on Mexico, with a focus on security, immigration, human rights and social movements for peace and justice, from a feminist perspective. And sometimes I simply muse.
Nov 17, 2011
Mexico Drug War and Youth: Communities Organise Against Spiralling Violence
MEXICO: Communities Organise Against Spiralling Violence - IPS ipsnews.net: " A pressing concern of Mexican communities today is how to organise against the escalation of violence triggered by the government's militarised war on drugs, and how to counteract the temptation of easy money and other perks offered by the drug trade, especially to young men.
"It is necessary to invest in processes of social organisation and strengthen micro projects in the barrios," said Imelda Marrufo, founding director of the Red Mesa de Mujeres, a network of women's groups in Ciudad Juárez, on the U.S. border." read more
"It is necessary to invest in processes of social organisation and strengthen micro projects in the barrios," said Imelda Marrufo, founding director of the Red Mesa de Mujeres, a network of women's groups in Ciudad Juárez, on the U.S. border." read more
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