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The woman behind the most up-to-date interactive map of Femicides in Mexico

Used for the investigation of gender-related killings of women, also known as "femicide"

Women, Woman, Indian woman
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Lu Ortiz and Daragh Brady | Global Voices

The interactive Femicides in Mexico Map, the most comprehensive and up-to-date of its kind in the country, is – according to its fundraising page – a “citizen-led, civic, independent initiative based on open data which, using geographical coordinates, has been mapping cases of femicide since 2016″. So far, it has recorded 2,355 cases.

The map's creator uses the practical definition of the United Nations model protocol for the investigation of gender-related killings of women, which defines “femicide” as:

the murder of women because they are women, whether it is committed