Cordelia Hebblethwaite, a reporter from the BBC News uncovers the story behind the London exhibit “400 Women” and the international artistic tribute to Mexico’s missing and murdered women.

“The murders began in 1993, and for a while captured the world’s attention; dozens of journalists investigated, and numerous books and songs were written. But to date, most cases remained unresolved, and it is still a mystery why women are being targeted in this way.

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Each artist was given some very basic information about a murdered or missing woman, and was invited to create a portrait of them.”

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As curator, Ellen Mara De Wachter explains later “each of the artists stands in for the woman who is missing, takes on her persona and her face, or her name, and represents them in this exhibition…”

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The project’s initiator Tamsyn Challenger shares her purpose in this concluding remark, “I see the project as a singular art work with many voices. It works as a mass protest.”