Protests on The Streets

80,000 women and allies marched in Mexico City. They wore the color purple, which symbolized how the flowers, jacarandas, were blooming for spring time. There were other protests around Mexico but Mexico City had the biggest one. What would they chant?

“Ni una más, ni una más, ni una asesinada más"(Kendal, Rodrigo, Lauren, 2020).

Translated:

“Not one more, not one more, not one more murdered” #NOS

Outcome

There has been some progress but more is needed to fully end gender inequality

Some examples of how Mexico is becoming more progressive:

- Closing the gender gap in tertiary world GDP by 26% by 2025 which is around 28 trillion dollars. Furthermore, if Mexico, US, and Canada were to close the gender gap, the GDP would increase by 5.5 trillion (Cecily, 2021).

In summary, the Purple Revolution was a movement created by women and their allies to champion women’s rights in Mexico. It started in response to the ongoing femicides and an unsympathetic response from it’s president. Women marched in the streets of Mexico and stayed home for “A Day Without Women” to prove their worth and power. The Purple Revolution ultimately allowed women to change the social and cultural structures of Mexico.

References

Reuters. (2020, June 26). Mexico president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador slammed for saying women should stay at home. NBCNews.com. Retrieved February 28, 2023, from https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/mexico-president-andres-manuel-l opez-obrador-slammed-saying-women-should-n1232218

Sanchez, F., & Pesce, F. (2022, December 26). Femicides in Mexico: Little progress on longstanding issue.APNEWS. Retrieved February 28, 2023, from https://apnews.com/article/mexico-caribbean-gender-6594c9b2c9ea39a5 2dc3204e16be704c#:~:text=The%20country%20saw%20more%20than, are%20killed%20daily%20in%20Mexico.

Doubek, J. (2020, March 9). Mexican women stay home to protest femicides in 'A day without us'. NPR. Retrieved February 28, 2023, from https://www.npr.org/2020/03/09/813699719/mexican-women-stay-hometo-protest-femicides-in-a-day-without-us

The purple revolution: Women fight against violence and impunity in Mexico. Fronteras. (2020,April 24). Retrieved February 28, 2023, from https://fronterasdesk.org/content/1475846/purple-revolution-women-fight -against-violence-and-impunity-mexico

Infographic: Women rising: Reaching gender equality in Mexico. Wilson Center. (n.d.). Retrieved February 28, 2023, from https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/infographic-women-rising-reaching-g ender-equality-mexico#:~:text=Over%20the%20past%20three%20decad es,force%20participation%2C%20and%20political%20leadership