The "Day Without Us" strike was staged to highlight the more than 1,000 women and children murdered in Mexico last year. Few women could be seen walking or driving through the center of the capital, waitresses abandoned cafes and restaurants to their male counterparts and female teachers and office workers, for the most part, stayed at home. Elsewhere, women who had chosen to work wore a purple ribbon or garment, in solidarity with the nationwide campaign against gender violence In Mexico City center, a woman cleaned the glass windows of ...