The Daughters of Juárez
by Teresa Rodríguez
Mothers refusing to let their daughters be statistics.
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you need to understand what has been happening to women in Ciudad Juárez and why the world has mostly looked away
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Journalist Teresa Rodríguez spent years documenting the murders of women in Ciudad Juárez — interviewing families, investigating leads the police ignored, following the story when no one else would. This is the book that brought the femicides to international attention. Not a comfortable read. An essential one. The families of the murdered women asked for witnesses. This book is the record of someone who showed up.
Where This Book Lives
- Setting
- Mexico • Latin America
- Voice
- An outside perspective on Mexico
- Topics
- ciudad juárez femicides
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