An employee makes tortillas at a tortilla stall in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico March 10, 2020. These tortillas are wrapped in paper with contact information to help women victims of gender violence, as a part of a government program called "Break the Silence". Picture taken March 10, 2020. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril
NUEVO LAREDO (Reuters) - Customers at the Esperanza tortilla factory in the northern Mexican city of Nuevo Laredo found their tortillas wrapped differently this month - in white paper with "break the silence" written in red, urging women to report abuse and seek help.
In a creative response to battling violence against women, the Nuevo Laredo Women's Institute printed 10,000 tortilla wrappers featuring help hotlines, support centre addresses and the message that women who suffer violence should speak up.
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