While attentions have been focused on the #MeToo movement in the United States, the seeds of another social media movement have begun to sprout in Mexico.

It began with a Facebook post listing by name 1,294 victims of femicide, murder of a woman by a spouse or intimate partner. As the Monitor’s Whitney Eulich has reported, femicides in Mexico have risen sharply in recent years. In 2017, some 2,585 women were murdered in the country, official data show. About a quarter of those have officially been classified as femicides, but activists say the actual number is likely much higher.

Seeing so many names listed, one after the other, sparked new understanding for two Mexican artists. The pair, who have chosen to remain anonymous, enlisted local artists to shed light on the problem by honoring the lives of women killed. Participating artists each produce a portrait of a victim of femicide and post it on Instagram with the hashtag #NoEstamosTodas, “We are not all here.”

The portraits range from tender sketches to bold abstracts. But each piece represents an extension of love – to the woman lost, to the family she left behind, and to women still living in dangerous situations.

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