Continuous Yet contentious: United Nations Agencies Roles and Mexico’s Adoption of Women’s Rights Protection Against Femicides (2018-2022)
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https://doi.org/10.18196/jiwp.v7i2.65Keywords:
Gender-Based Violence, Femicide, Mexico, International Organization, Role, Gender EqualityAbstract
In Mexico, violence against women remains a serious issue, especially femicide, which has occurred
for decades. This paper aims to explore the UN’s agencies' contribution to promoting the protection
of human rights through collective action to address sexual and gender-based violence in Mexico. It
mainly asks how the UN’s agency attempted to sustain the international moral standard of women’s
rights in Mexico amidst the alarming femicide crisis in this country. This paper is designed as
qualitative research by applying a descriptive approach and using data from academic literature,
reports, official websites, and newspaper publications. The analysts seek to argue that international
organizations, the UN – through its agencies, the OHCHR, and UN Women – have demonstrated their
role as a forum to accommodate Mexican civil society organizations to address the challenges in their
advocacies towards the victims of sexual and gender-based violence in Mexico.
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