'We are not af ashion brand': Ni En More is helping violence and kidnapping of women in Juarez through garment production
, and chanted “not one more.” They raised their voices after Isabel Cabanillas de la Torre, a 26-year-old local artist and activist was murdered, shot while cycling home. Her death reignited concern about the decades-long issue of violence against women, or “femicides,” in the city of Juarez. According to aby RFK Human Rights and the Center for Women’s Holistic Development, from 1985 to 2014 there were 47,178 women killed in Juarez; last year, between January and July, 540 murders were recorded.
Jane Terrazas grew up in Juarez, witnessing the discrimination and violence against women firsthand. Today, she is an artist and activist, and the organizer with Veronica Corchado and Lise Bjorne Linnert of the nonprofit organization, a social innovation project merging political activism, fashion, and art. Currently, the organization employs 10 women in its main studio and 6 women and trans women in a secondary studio on the outskirts of the city.
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