May the State, the sky, the streets tremble,
may the judges and policemen be afraid.
Today, peace is taken away from us women.
They sowed fear in us, we grew wings.
Every minute of every week,
they steal friends from us, they kill our sisters.
They tear their bodies apart, they disappear them.
Don't forget their names, please, Mr. President.
For our friends protesting on Reforma,
for all women battling in Sonora,
for the female commanders fighting for Chiapas,
for all mothers that keep searching in Tijuana,
we sing fearless, we ask for justice.
We shout for every missing woman.
Let it resound strongly: "We want us alive!"
The murderer will fall fiercely!
I will burn everything, I will destroy everything
if one day some nobody turns off your eyes.
Nothing will shut me up anymore, it's enough.
If you touch one of us, we all will answer.
I'm Claudia, I'm Esther, and I'm Teresa.
I'm Ingrid, I'm Fabiola, and I'm Valeria.
I'm the girl that you took by force.
I'm the mother that now cries for her dead daughters.
And I'm also the one who will make you pay.
Justice! Justice! Justice!
For our friends protesting on Reforma,
for all women battling in Sonora,
for the female commanders fighting for Chiapas,
for the mothers that keep searching in Tijuana,
we sing fearless, we ask for justice.
We shout for every missing woman.
Let it resound strongly: "We want us alive!"
The murderer will fall fiercely!
The murderer will fall fiercely!
And the center of the Earth shall tremble
at the sisterly roar of love.
And the center of the Earth shall tremble
at the sisterly roar of love.
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This is a song written by Vivir Quintana, by a petition from Mon Laferte. It was first performed on March 7th 2020, at a concert in commemoration for International Women's Day. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J_V4WFPTzo)
In Mexico:
- 47% of women are victim of domestic violence.
- 7 out of 10 women have been victim of male violence.
- 8 out of 10 women live in fear of gender-based violence.
- 32 girls (10-14 years old) get pregnant per day, victim of rape, and are forced to give birth.
- 11 women are murdered per day.
- 4 out of those 11 femicides per day are girls under 14 years old.
- 3% of femicides are investigated.
- 97% of femicides remain unpunished.
Sources:
*Official register of disappeared persons, by gender, age and date: https://versionpublicarnpdno.segob.gob.mx/Dashboard/Sociodemografico
*Femicides unpunished: https://www.efe.com/efe/america/sociedad/ong-revela-impunidad-de-97-y-su...
You can read:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violence_against_women_in_Mexico
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_trafficking_in_Mexico
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_the_Mexican_drug_war
The case of Ingrid: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Ingrid_Escamilla
***Just a reminder: feminist protests aren't against men, are against a system that does nothing to stop specific violence against women. Lots of politicians and judges in Mexico have said that femicides aren't a big deal, or have blame women for putting themselves in risk (ie. dating someone dangerous, going out at night, or disobeying their sentimental partners), instead of looking for the culprits.***