missing. the 2019 ni una más (not another one) protest held outside of the palacio de bellas artes and the antimonumenta, a feminist guerrilla sculpture. un día sin mujeres protest on march 8, 2020, on international women's day, women took to the streets and demanded that the government be held accountable for their inability to acknowledge gender violence as an issue. they demanded that murderers be held accountable for their crimes, and that awareness be brought to the sexual and physical harassment experienced by women on the daily. on the day of the protest, an estimated 80,000 people took part in mexico city. the following day, brujas del mar, a group of women from veracruz led the charge of another protest. on march 9, the protest was dubbed "un día sin mujeres" (a day without women). the aim of this subsequent protest was to simulate a world in which women did not exist. the protest encouraged women to stay home and withdraw from activities that they would normally be involved in. women stayed home from work, school, social media and refrained from making online purchases. these protests were also intended to show government officials how frustrated women are with their inability to solve violence against women. president andrés manuel lópez obrador(amlo), had made promises to fix the issue, but has not respond to the increasing violence and deaths of women and girls. some of the protests turned violent, in which amlo responded by blaming the "neoliberal policies" of his predecessor and complaining about protesters graffiti on the national palace. responses to protest these protests received mixed support from those in government via social media. female members in government such as interior minister olga sánchez cordero, claudia sheinbaum, mexico city's mayor, and others showed their support for the protest by using the hashtag #undiasinmujeres or #undiasinnosotras on social media. however, beatriz gutiérrez müller the wife of mexico's president, andrés manuel lópez obrador, gave a mixed stance on the protests. she first joined the movement, but then later opposed the strike on social media by using the hashtag #noalparonacional (no to the national strike). "no more femicide" graffiti art art activism activists painted slogans on historically significant monuments, buildings, and paintings to advocate for women. this was done in an effort to demonstrate the governments overemphasis on inanimate objects, rather than on the lives of women and girls. these acts sparked a topic of conversation concerning the different values that are placed on humans and on monuments with patriotic ties. in addition, the un women, national citizen observatory on femicide, and católicas por el derecho a decidir opened the first permanent exhibition on femicides in mexico in 2017; the exhibition is called "¡ya basta!", which is located in the museum of memory and tolerance in mexico city. other organizations a group in the city of nezahualcoyotl called nos queremos vivas has gathered for marches, and has also created self-defense workshops to help young girls protect themselves. in addition, there is an alliance of 47 different organizations in mexico called the national citizen observatory on femicide, which has called for more effective and complete investigations following missing or killed women, increasing accountability on part of the authorities in mexico. this group is funded by the un trust to end violence against women. cultural references in film the documentary, "luchadoras" directed by patrick jasim and paola calvo examines the lives of three maquiladora workers who live in ciudad juarez. they avoid the dangers of femicide by engaging in female wrestling. in television the television show "narcos: mexico", created by carlos bernard, chris brancato and doug miro, depicts a juarez cop investigating the rise of femicide cases at the border in season 3. in books the book "each and her" by valerie martinez, is a collection of poems focusing on the femicide cases of maquiladoras workers in juarez as well as on the suffering experienced by victims' family members.