María de los Milagros Colón Cruz

The campaign to prevent sexist violence ideated by the Comité PARE out of La Fortaleza left more questions than answers among the organizations involved in the effort.

Also called network marketing, these companies need the constant recruitment of new representatives and consultants, whose sales feed the commissions of other people at higher levels of the organization and contribute income to the company. Their main target is women. According to a study carried out by AARP in 2018, 60% of the people who worked in this type of company in the United States are women.

The presence and access to firearms increases the risk and lethality in situations of sexist violence. At a time when a proposal to make access to weapons on the island even more flexible is on the table, we analyze the available data, from the experience of gender violence.