• STRIKE: Sixteen schools at Mexico’s national public university (UNAM) -both at the high school and undergraduate levels- remain paralyzed as a student strike against gender violence on campus entered its fourth month of protests, which at times have turned violent.
• REFORM: “We must understand this movement in its entire right dimension. Women do not want to wait, they have historically been harassed, insulted and abused, and they demand a prompt solution”, said Enrique Graue, the university’s president, after unveiling a package of reforms on Wednesday.
• UNIVERSITY: A collection of more than 40 academic units comprising high school to graduate education, UNAM is the largest university in Latin America with 350,000 students. Despite the origin of the protest being deterring gender violence, some believe that unknown actors try to sow instability.
• CHAOS: “We have reported that there are classmates…that the only thing they have been doing is dividing the community and causing chaos. They are forcing schools to stop and nullify what was discussed in the assemblies”, said Arisbeth Reséndiz, a student at UNAM’s school in Cuautitlán.
