Caravan Objectives

• Pressure the Mexican government to end crimes against women in the cities of Juarez and Chihuahua, and to punish those responsible.
• Demand punishment of public authorities responsible for the impunity.
• Create consciousness in the United States and Mexico that the crimes against women in the cities of Juarez and Chihuahua are a bi-national problem.
• Demand that maquiladora owners assume responsibility for the safety of their workers by providing safe transportation, streetlights and increased security measures.
• In the US, promote the proposal sponsored by Representative Hilda Solis, House Resolution 466, a Sense of the Congress Resolution that condemns the femicide.
• Demand that the Fox administration intervene in the investigations and clean up local corruption and impunity.
• Promote the creation of a bi-national committee to address gender violence.