Songwriter Vivir Quintana reacts before a rehearsal of "Song Without Fear", a song against femicide, with members of the female collective of Latin-American singers and authors 'El Palomar', at Zocalo square in Mexico City
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Thousands of women are being abused or killed in Mexico. A tragic statistic that reached into the thousands in the year 2019.

Protests are held to give justice for the victims of this "femicide crisis" in Mexico. Vivir Quintana, a songwriter, is no stranger to this issue.

She might not experience the violence first-hand but she lost a close friend to murder. This incident inspired Quintana to write a song dedicated to those victims whose lives were ruined by this atrocity.

"Sing without fear, we call for justice, we cry for each who disappeared. That rumbles in strong. We want to live; to fall with force the feminicida", that is one of the most powerful lines of the song that resonates with the message that Quinata along with other women artists want to convey.

Hoping to do justice for the femicide victims in Mexico, the song demands the President and other leaders to take action to end this crisis.

Valeria, Fabiola, Teresa, Ingrid, Esther, Claudia were the names included in the song which turns out to be the victims of femicide in Mexico. It is also important to mention that the song emphasized: "This wave of violence has made many women to be more awake, that we are investigating to eradicate violence. For me, it is a time of hope".

Signals that more people especially women are being aware of their rights to defend themselves and their other fellow women from experiencing violence.

Disheartening as it seems, but the incident of women being killed by a man has become usual news. Worst is there seems to be less action taken by the government to give justice to the victims.

The song is timely for the yearly celebrated International Women's Day when they plan to sing the song with the collaboration of a Chilean singer Mon Lafuerte and 40 other women in a Massive Public square in Mexico City.

They all aim to inform the public about the violence that goes unnoticed by many despite the increasing number of women being abused and murdered.

The video of the song uploaded has reached more than 12,000 views just hours of uploading.

This is not the first step that Mexicans take to protest femicide. Activists including men, and women gathered around cities spraying victims' names on walls to remind the government that these victims are not just women. They are mothers, sisters, and aunts of their families and that their lives do matter.

"May the femicide fall hard", a line in the song that sums up the hope of every woman in Mexico who fear for their lives and their loved ones.

Quintana hopes that this song will not be forever commemorated every for the victims being disappeared and brutally murdered each year.

The government should take concrete actions to prevent femicide in Mexico and take steps to implement harsher punishments for the offenders.

The calls for action are getting louder, as the song is being played continuously in the mind of a now more awakened society.