Ciudad Juárez

Looks at a collaborative project protesting gender based violence against women.

Discusses performances by Lorena Wolf who speaks about hundreds of women murdered in Cuidad Juarez, Mexico; Christi Belcourt's street performance Vigil and a community project representing and honouring the lives of missing and murdered women and children.

Focuses on press coverage which portrays women as disposable, distinguishes between "innocent" and "immoral" victims, and treats their remains as forensic evidence.

Discussion of a photograph and what the image depicts of an unfair and exploitive economic system and the realities of the lives of women working in the factories of Juárez.

Discusses statistics, historical, social and economic context of the issue, Canadian state's investigations, and specific responses and observations by international treaty bodies.