MEXICO CITY - Authorities acknowledged Wednesday that Mexico has failed to do enough to protect women and girls, and President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s government presented a plan to combat gender violence. In this Jan. 9, 2019 file photo, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador gives a press conference in Mexico City. Femicide is not typified as a crime in 13 states, and women’s advocacy groups have regularly called for that to be remedied. According to the National Citizens’ Observatory on Femicide, less than a third of killings of women were investigated as femicides. She said 17 of Mexico’s 31 states plus the capital district in Mexico City already have a gender alert system, but acknowledged that it needs improvement.

Source: thestar March 06, 2019 18:03 UTC