Empowering Mexican Women In A City That Kills Them

2017 was Mexico's most murderous year thus far, with 25,339 recorded homicides, a 23% jump from 2016. My country ranks 16th in the world with regard to the number of femicides. According to INEGI (its National Institute of Statistics and Geography), 7 girls and women are killed per day. 

Ciudad Juárez might not be the most dangerous city in the country anymore but it is still stained with blood and horror. 

Hoping to ease this sorrow, women from the USA, Norway and Mexico gathered to create the brand ‘’Ni En More’’, a mixture of the three languages, meaning ‘’Not one more’’ (Ni una más), an old activism slogan from the poet Susana Chavez.

NI EN MORE is a non-profit social innovation project and clothing brand, that merges political activism, fashion and art.

These women built a little sewing studio in Juarez where women from marginalized and vulnerable areas of the city manufacture unique and minimalistic handmade garments. Their goal is to raise awareness and to connect societies around the globe in a common fight against gender violence – through a sustainable business which educates, protects and defends those in danger. The project is slowly filling the city's streets with an optimism and vitality thought to be long lost.