“Roxana Ruiz’s life, as well as that of hundreds of poor women who are imprisoned today, will not improve by denying her the right to freedom; on the contrary, it perpetuates the existence of structural and cultural violence.”
A woman who strangled her rapist to death with a T-shirt has been handed a prison sentence for trying to defend herself – sparking protests in Mexico. Roxana Ruiz was sentenced to six years and two months in prison for “excessive use of self-defence” after she strangled the man who broke into her home, threatened …
El Paso, Texas Young “feministxs” organizers held a rally and cross-border march in El Paso on International Working Women’s Day, March 8, calling for the end to “machismo,” transphobia and state violence against femme and trans migrants. The action was in solidarity with protests that happened in tandem in Juárez,…