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Creative for a Cause by Nicole: STICHTING HESTER - CASA AMIGA

About STICHTING HESTER

Hester van Nierop was nearly 28 and had just graduated as an architect when, in September 1998, she was found raped and murdered in her hotel room in the Mexican border town of Ciudad Juárez. The fate suffered by Hester in Ciudad Juárez was not an exceptional one for the women in this town. Juárez was and still is infamous for the excessive violence against women, that takes place unpunished in most cases and against which the Mexican government is reacting inadequately. Impunity reigns in Ciudad Juárez.

At the end of 2004, following the murder of her daughter, Arsène van Nierop decided to found stichting Hester to fight this injustice and give a voice to the women of Ciudad Juárez.
Stichting Hester wants to help prevent violence against women in Ciudad Juárez by financially supporting Casa Amiga.

About CASA AMIGA

Casa Amiga was established in 1998 in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, by Esther Chávez to offer help to the many victims of violence against women. The centre was officially opened in February 1999 and since then, it is trying to help the women and children of Ciudad Juárez and making them more defensible by not only offering shelter to victims, but also psychological, legal, and social support and extensive education to create awareness of violence and its effects.
In the Netherlands and Europe, Stichting Hester is trying to create as much awareness as possible to the situation in Ciudad Juárez.

For more info on Stichting Hester: http://www.hester.nu/

For more info on Casa Amiga: http://www.casa-amiga.org/

Buy my "Ni Una Mas!" Earrings and help support STICHTING HESTER/CASA AMIGA.

Handmade earrings with a pink swarovski crystal cross and genuine black agate beads...

For the earrings' colour scheme, I took inspiration from the pink crosses which were placed throughout Ciudad Juarez by the Mothers of Juarez and Chihuahua who are determined to keep the memory of their daughters alive through their struggle.

The pink cross has become a poignant symbol of the struggle to prevent violence against women.

Price 15 €

I will donate 7,50 € of the sales of these earrings to STICHTING HESTER

WANT TO HELP END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN CIUDAD JUAREZ and SUPPORT STICHTING HESTER AND CASA AMIGA? Go to my webshop

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