Thousands of Mexican women refused to work or go to school Monday in a bid to fight back against the rising number of femicide in the country.

An estimated 80,000 women joined in "A Day Without Women" a day after they marched the streets in protest of gender violence sweeping over the country.

The capital was filled with men walking to work. Some ticket stations were closed. Female journalists joined the strike as the Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador gave a press conference to a half-empty room.

Protestors stormed the streets after Sunday's chaotic march. Outside Mexico's main cathedral, dozens were injured after some women clashed with male anti-abortion proponents who said abortion was "femicide" and performed the Nazi salute.

In other places, women wore masks as they smashed cars and vans with hammers and threw Molotov cocktails at buildings and policewomen who were deployed during the march.

Many protesters also drew graffitis on the palace walls calling Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador a misogynist.

Two recent cases of femicide sparked the start of numerous protests across the country where women urged the government to take action.

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Ingrid Escamilla, 25, was murdered, mutilated, and skinned by her 46-year-old boyfriend. A local media outlet plastered photos of her body across a tabloid cover.

A 7-year-old child named Fatima Aldrighett was also found sexually abused and murdered days after she was reported missing. The child was found wrapped in a plastic bag at an abandoned rental home in Tlahauc.

Two more cases of femicide were found on Ecatepec, a place known for multiple cases involving women.

The number of femicide cases has seen a steady rise since 2019 where a total of 1,006 were reported---a ten percent increase from the 912 cases in 2018.

An average of 10 women is murdered in Mexico every single day. The majority of femicide cases are never solved.

According to reports by an independent party that investigates and chronicles femicides in Mexico, only 726 cases were investigated as "femicide"--- out of the 3,000 murders where the victim was a woman.

women Striking during international women's day
(Photo : Reuters/Sofia Yanjari)

The protests have increased in intensity as more women reveal their struggles in one of the most dangerous countries in the world for the female gender.

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Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has faced intense backlash for blaming the rising number of femicide cases to the neoliberal policies of previous administrations.

Obrador addressed the one-day strike on Monday, saying it "had no big impact" on the economy.

He also said his conservative opponents are disguising their views as an act of "feminist movements." He warned the strikers to be cautious of the people who are using their advocacy to attack the government.

They Don't Do Anything

The coordinator of the National Citizen's Observatory of Femicide Maria de la Luz Estrada told Associated Press living in Mexico, as a woman, resembled a war due to the number of women that have disappeared, and been abused, raped or murdered.

Veronica Hernandez, a university professor, said Mexico was "hell" for all females. She said the government isn't "taking action" to sort the problem.

When asked if she trusts law enforcement authorities, she said: "No ... because they are part of the problem, which is structural."