MEXICO-JojoK

PRIMARY DOC. #1: World Youth Conference in Mexico spotlights youth in development agenda
Last week, the World Youth Conference in Mexico provided a platform for representatives of this vast group to voice their opinions. [|Youth program]

EXPLANATION: Adolescents in Mexico came together to improve their country, they say they that they could use the talent they have and invest in their own country and also have the support of organizations backing up the youth agenda, they’ll see development. The sheer number of children and young people make them a distinct focus within the development agenda, said UNICEF Director of Policy and Practice Richard Morgan at the close of the event. I think the government officials and UNICEF should recognize the role of the youth in national economic development plans, probably that would help them move quicker and easier, in my other 3 countries there are also teens and adolescents trying to come together to improve their country.

PRIMARY DOC. #2 : Mexican youth activist Mariel García Montes speaks about the Voices of Youth online forum
Mexican youth activist

EXPLANATION: Voices of Youth (VoY) is UNICEF’s interactive online community platform where, since 1995, children and young people have found a safe and supportive space where they can explore, discuss and take action on issues related to human rights and social change. By participating in VoY, young people develop leadership abilities, help build communities, and hone their critical thinking skills through active and substantive participation with their peers and with decision makers across the globe. To me, this is another program that has being built to give youths the abilities to make action in the community or even their own country.

ARTIFACT #1 :



EXPLANATION : This report talks about the commission's work on more than 40 human rights cases, including recent abuses by soldiers involved in law enforcement operations, police crackdowns against demonstrators in Guadalajara and San Salvador de Atenco, and the killings of women in Ciudad Juárez over the past decade, among others. The report also examines the commission’s role in addressing abusive laws, including restrictions on freedom of expression, and responding to important reforms, such as the Mexico City abortion law passed in 2007.

Human right watch

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EXPLANATION : This report details the disrespect, suspicion and apathy that pregnant rape victims encounter from public prosecutors and health workers. The report also exposes continuing and pervasive impunity for rape and other forms of sexual violence in states throughout Mexico. From my point of view the government should make more effort in insisting on women's and children's rights, there have been so many cases in the past years.

Assault report

ARTIFACT #3 :

Human rights activists killed

EXPLANATION : This video contains tells us how two mexican human rights activists were shot and killed. It also tells us that they were traveling as part of a convoy attempting to deliver aid to a town that’s been targeted by paramilitary blockades since the 2006 uprising against Governor Ulises Ruiz. What I don't understand is why people would kill human rights activist when all they are really trying to do is actually help their fellow citizens of the country, to me I think it was probably one of the government officials that planned to kill them, because they were fighting against them for the good. I don't think that any other country experiences any sort of tragic murders unlike this country; mexico is a country of terrible murders and criminal attacks, like we learned in class.

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