![]() ![]() ![]() Manservisi noted that femicide and sexual violence against women is a flagrant violation of human rights. Photo: UN Women/Dzilam Méndez.Īt the launch, Secretary of the Interior of Mexico Olga Sánchez Cordero, UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngucka, General-Director of International Cooperation and Development of the European Union Commission Stefano Manservisi, representatives from civil society organizations and activisits reaffirmed their committement to ending violence against women and girls. Le Président du Méxique Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador accueille La Directrice Exécutive de ONU Femmes Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka au Palais présidentiel. “My family had to become investigators, detectives and defenders of the human rights of our daughter and of all of Mexico’s women and girls.” “At the time, the authorities tried to make us believe that Mariana committed suicide,” Ms. Buendía’s plight to seek justice changed Mexico’s judicial system forever. It is the minimum we should get.” - Irinea Buendía But Irinea Buendía, Mariana’s mother, knew her daughter did not take her own life. Her husband - a police officer at the time - falsified evidence to ensure her death was classified as a suicide. Twenty-nine-year-old Mariana was killed by her husband in 2010. Buendía’s testimony of her six-year struggle to have her daughter’s murder reclassified as a femicide was a highlight of the Spotlight Initiative launch in Mexico, where a $12 million investment to end femicide was announced. ![]() And above all, I never thought that access to justice would almost cost us our lives.” Ms. “I never imagined that I would experience such great pain. MEXICO CITY, Mexico - “Nine years ago, my daughter Mariana was murdered and my life changed forever,” said Irinea Buendía. ![]()
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