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 News Around the Republic of Mexico | April 2005 
Demonstrators Scuffle Briefly In Border Protest
 El Universal
| | About 300 Mexican women taking part in a worldwide march pushed and pulled on U.S. border officials on Wednesday. (Photo: AP) |
Ciudad Juárez - About 300 Mexican women taking part in a worldwide relay march were stopped by U.S. border officials when they tried to cross to the U.S. side of an international bridge to meet their U.S. counterparts Wednesday.
Participants in the World March of Women were stopped by U.S. border and customs officials for about 30 minutes at the Lerdo international bridge linking El Paso, Texas, with Ciudad Juárez.
Some pushing and shoving ensued after the women approached the U.S. side and agents told them they could not cross because the bridge was not designed for foot traffic.
Tempers calmed down when the Mexican women were allowed to meet with a small delegation of U.S. activists and hand them a quilt along with a letter known as the Women's Global Charter for Humanity.
The Montreal-based World March of Women authored the document which proposes to "build a world where exploitation, oppression, intolerance and exclusion no longer exist and where integrity, diversity and the rights and freedoms of all are respected."
The quilt and charter, which have been passed from country to country since the march started in Sao Paulo, Brazil on March 8, will travel through 53 countries stopping at Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso's capital, October 17, organizers said.
Women at every stop of the relay march will add to the quilt and hold events to highlight the most pressing women issues in their city.
In Ciudad Juárez, where a string of killing against women remains largely unsolved, activists watched a documentary about the slayings and held talks to discuss violence against women in this border city. |
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