For over ten years, hundreds of women in the Mexican town of Juárez have been kidnapped, raped, murdered and grotesquely maimed. After years of official apathy and police incompetence towards solving and ending these brutal murders, a group of graphic designers from Mexico City invited colleagues to express their concern and outrage by designing posters around the slogan 'The Woman of Juárez Demand Justice'. Following is the powerful exhibition of more than 60 large-format images by designers from all over the country that was first staged in a Mexico City metro station, where they were seen by huge numbers of people who may not often visit museums and galleries. The exhibition is currently traveling throughout Mexico, educating about the murders and forcing the authorities to become involved.

The UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center and Amnesty International organized a three-day conference on the Juarez murders. Although the conference is over, click here to see useful information from their website.

The digital images are courtesy of Leonel Sagahón.

A recent article on these graphics, "Femicide Posters" by Daoud Sarhandi, can be seen here.

To view the full exhibition, click here.

Click here for exhibition list with annotations.

Selected Posters from The Women of Juárez Demand Justice

Adrián Rubio

Aída Aguilera

Alberto Castro Leñero

Alejandro Magallanes*

Alfredo Aguirre

Ana Ma. Iturbe

*designers who participated in the first design activity