Paola Estefania

Paola has been an advocate for girl's education since 2013, she has also been an active participant to eradicate gender violence in México. She contributes to numerous feminist websites with articles written in Spanish, she's also a fan of writing poetry and has her own blog where you can find her content.

Posts Written by Paola
By Paola Estefania • 8 years ago

Violence against women: A neglected public health issue in Latin America

I’m seventeen years old and I live in Mexico, for the past three years I’ve been a part of the feminism movement and it hasn’t been easy. Here in Mexico, six women die every twenty-four hours. Women disappear and we never hear of them again, unless their captors decide to show their lifeless bodies with clear evidence of having been brutally tortured, gang-raped, and with extremities of their bodies torn apart.