We are currently working with these groups who help families who are seeking justice for their daughters and to prevent these atrocities from continuing. Amigos de las Mujeres de Juarez also supports the Casa Amiga rape and abuse crisis center in Cd. Juárez. Amigos de las Mujeres de Juarez is comprised of community members that have supported the women of Cd. Juárez since 2001. We have helped the families by providing emotional and financial support to their groups through fundraising efforts, donations, and outreach. We go to Cd. Juárez for monthly demonstrations to accompany the family members in their continued demand for justice. We work with other non-profit organizations, human rights groups, government organizations and advocacy groups to support the Mexican organizations in their work.
This group is comprised of Chihuahua City community members and the families of the serial-killing victims there. A model of community and family collaboration, Amigos decided in April 2003 to begin aiding this resource-strapped group.
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This group supports a number of families in their search for justice in their daughters' cases. Nuestras Hijas is active in broadening knowledge of the Cd. Juárez crimes in Mexico City and throughout the world. They have also traveled throughout the U.S. They've taken steps to insure that the Cd. Juárez cases have been picked up by Amnesty International, the U.N., the Organization of American States and domestic human rights organizations.
Until recently, the only rape and abuse crisis center for a city of over 1.2 million people, Casa Amiga received some financial support from the city from its establishment until 2001. In 2001, political moves ended this support and Casa Amiga has been surviving on donations ever since. Casa Amiga provides counseling, legal and medical services as needed to the victims of domestic abuse, sexual abuse and rape. It has a special children's program, children's art therapy, and abuse prevention classes for children that are offered throughout the city. Classes on how to avoid or end domestic abuse are also given at Cd. Juárez low-wage, assembly plants known as maquiladoras. Director Esther Chavez Cano has been recognized around the world numerous times for her work on Cd. Juárez women's issues.
A new office in Chihuahua Mexico is being opened in September 2006 to serve as a 24-hour hotline for domestic abuse and will also house a lawyer and counselor to help women who are suffering from domestic abuse and other abuse. It's mission statemet is: "Promover el desarrollo integral de las mujeres que contribuya a crear desarrollar una cultura de igualdad y equidad libre de violencia y discriminacion." The staff and volunteers of this new organization will be seeking advice and training from the domestic violence centers in El Paso and Las Cruces.