Ciudad Juarez memorial, photo: ©Jorge Uzon/AFP, Amnesty International
UTSA to host Nov. 14 panel on Ciudad Juarez murders
(Nov. 10, 2003)--UTSA will present a panel discussion, "The Murdered Women of Juarez," at noon, Friday, Nov. 14 in Business Building Room 2.01.06 at the UTSA 1604 Campus. The event is free and open to all.
The panel discussion about the murders, subsequent investigations and human rights in Latin America is sponsored by the UTSA Institute for Law and Public Affairs, Women's Studies Institute and Graduate Political Science Society.
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RSS FeedsPictured is the Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, memorial site where the bodies of eight women were found in a former cotton field in November 2001.
Panelists include Pablo Vila, UTSA associate professor of sociology; Jennifer Mathews, Trinity University assistant professor of sociology and anthropology; and Sister Laola Hironaka, Amnesty International-United States country specialist.
Over ten years, more than 300 women were murdered in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Investigations show the deaths came after torture and sexual violence committed over days during which the women were held captive. Many of the crimes remain unsolved.
For more information, e-mail Isabel Long.