“Violence is Common and a Daily Event; in this Place Her Dog Has More Respect than us”: A Study on Cycle of Violence Faced by Women in Mexico

• Authors: Arun Kumar Acharya , Cervantes Jose Juan Niño
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper sets out to explore the violence against women is a new form femicide taking into consideration the case of trafficked women. Once women arrived at their destination, suffer various kinds of never-ending violence and exploitation. Thus, in this article we have defined and demonstrated how the trafficking of women constitutes a new form of “femicide”. The analytical section of the paper is based on interviews with one hundred and ten trafficked women in Mexico. The results indicate that trafficked women are experiencing a wide range of physical and sexual violence, where they face a constant threat to life.

Keywords

EN

Violence against women; Sexual exploitation; Trafficking; Femicide and Mexico

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Gender Studies
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 11
• Issue: Supplement
• Pages: 266-278

Dates

published

2012-12-01

online

2012-12-28

Contributors

author

Arun Kumar Acharya

• Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Av. Lázaro Cárdenas Ote. y Paseo de la Reforma S/N, Campus Mederos C.P. 64930, Monterrey, N.L. Mexico

author

Cervantes Jose Juan Niño

• Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10320-012-0024-7