Siempre Unidas is a feminist collective in the state of Quintana Roo (Mexico) that works partly through street art. In 2021, in response to the femicide of Victoria Salazar – a refugee from El Salvador who died in police custody – the collective began an anti-femicide mural project called RestaurAmoras. In the words of Tallulah Lines, a member of the collective: ‘We have painted beautiful face after beautiful face of women killed by men; killed by boyfriends and ex-boyfriends mostly, but also by other men in their lives’. The project aims to provide symbolic reparation for the families of murdered girls and women: to honour and remember them, communicate support to their families, and to make GBV a more visible public issue. The collective always involves the families of victims, by seeking their permission and inviting them to be there during the painting and unveiling.
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