Mexico president's response to historic femicide protests: more of the same

A day after thousands protested against the murder of women and girls, Lopez Obrador said he would 'reinforce the same strategy'

A day after Mexico's women collectively shut down the country in an eruption of fury over gender violence, President Andri(C)s Manuel Lopez Obrador has insisted that he will not try a new strategy to stop femicides.

Thousands of women went on strike on Monday, in a historic protest against the murder of women and girls - and the failure of successive governments' efforts to stop a crisis in which around 10 women are murdered every day.