Globalization has taken its toll on the economy but has left a lasting effect on society, especially in Juarez, Mexico. On October 20th 2011, Cipriana Jurado, a social justice activist, spoke about the current femicide happening right now in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Femicide is the deliberate killing of women because of their gender. The Femicide occurring in Ciudad Juarez is connected with women working at maquiladoras. Maquiladoras are factories that are owned by private companies who set up these factories in foreign countries. Some of these maquiladoras are exempt from tariffs on their goods because of free trade policies. Over 1000 women have been violently and brutally murdered, most of who work at maquiladoras. Those 1000 women are only those of whose bodies have been found but there are many who have gone missing or have not been reported. Women, ages 12 and up, had been disappearing since 1993 but it was only until 1995 and 1997 that the media had taken notice after hundreds of bodies had been found dismembered, raped, mutilated, and disposed of horrendously.
