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was substituted by the National Commission to Prevent and Eliminate Violence against
Women in order to tackle the problem of violence against women at the national
level.475
491. A financial support fund operates in Ciudad Juárez; it will be explained below
when assessing the compensation awarded in this case (infra para. 556). Also, at the
federal level, INMUJERES received a budget of slightly more than $529,000,000.00
(five hundred and twenty-nine million Mexican pesos) in 2008, of which
$290,000,000.00 (two hundred and ninety million Mexican pesos) was destined for
states and municipalities to reinforce women’s programs and civil society organizations
working in this area. Among the programs, the State mentioned the Fund to Support
Mechanisms for the Promotion of Women in the Federative Entities that Provides
Services to Women Victims of Gender-Based Violence; it had a budget of
$112,300,000.00 (one hundred and twelve million three hundred thousand Mexican
pesos) that was distributed equitably among the states to enhance local initiatives
combating gender-based violence.476 The representatives and the Commission did not
contest these figures.
492. Among other actions and activities implemented through INMUJERES, the State
has organized various workshops and training sessions for public officials; it has also
improved shelters and centers for protection and treatment of women, as well as
centers to provide treatment to abusive men, including centers in Ciudad Juárez.477
Among other activities, INMUJERES, created in 2001, has: (i) designed public policies
for the elimination of discriminatory or violent messages against women and gender
stereotyping in the media; (ii) broadcast announcements to prevent violence against
women on radio stations and television channels in Chihuahua; (iii) organized
campaigns on the elimination of gender-based violence; (iv) directed victims towards
institutions providing support for gender-based violence; (v) financed the Women’s
Integral Development Center project entitled “Por los derechos de las Mujeres Víctimas
del Feminicidio en Juárez” [For the women victims of femicide in Juárez]; (vi) financed
in 2003, in coordination with the National Council for Science and Technology
(CONACYT), the preparation of an assessment on the incidence of gender-based
violence in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, and in five other states, and (vii) prepared a
geo-socio-economic diagnosis of Ciudad Juárez and its society. The representatives
and the Commission did not contest the existence and scope of these projects and
actions.
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475
Cf. Decree creating the National Commission to Prevent and Eliminate Violence against Women as
an unconcentraded administrative body of the Secretariat of Government, published in the Federation’s
Official Gazette on June 1, 2009 (case file of attachments to the final written arguments of the State, volume
XLIX, attachment 8, folios 17406 to 17409).
476
Cf. The Federation’s budget of expenses for the 2008 Fiscal Exercise, published in the Federation’s
Official Gazette on December 13, 2007 (case file of attachments to the answer to the application, volume
XLIII, attachment 85, folios 15794 to 15910). It shows that INMUJERES received 543.2 million Mexican
pesos.
477
Cf. Law of the National Women’s Institute, published in the Federation’s Official Gazette on January
12, 2001 (case file of attachments to the answer to the application, volume XLIII, attachment 87, folios
16010 to 16047). Some of the activities mentioned by the State are included in the attachment to Mexico’s
sixth periodic report in compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
against Women, November 2005 (case file of attachments to the answer to the application, volume XLII,
attachment 82, folio 15479).
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