City and Feminicide: The Case of Juarez City, Mexico

Urban violence derived from the absence of planning, land use and sustainability strategies for the development of cities has had an impact on the dignified life of the habitants of these territories, especially historically violated populations. Gender-based violence, present in all social contexts, is reflected in the urbanization of spaces, that develop processes of discrimination, exclusion and insecurity manifested in the thousands of disappearances of women and girls, as well as feminicides over the last thirty years in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. In this way, the neoliberal policies of making a city, contribute to the murders of women and girls in the
public space.