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Mexico: The Pink Motorcycle Brigade

January
2011

  File under Female
  Author: Mike Werner
  Location: Normandy, France

Not only a noble cause, but a great idea. Female bikers, riding pink motorcycles in the poor areas, handing out food.

Mexican women on pink motorbikes ride past federal police in Ciudad Juarez January 23, 2011. The women hand out food and medicines to the poor in one of the world's deadliest cities to protest the deprivation they say fuels much of the violence. Braving drug gang wars in Ciudad Juarez that have killed some 6,700 people since 2008, including hundreds of women, the self-dubbed "Female Warriors ride out every Sunday to barrios that ring the factory city across from El Paso, Texas. Picture taken January 23, 2011 REUTERS/Gael Gonzalez


A woman applies lipstick while riding her pink motorbike along with other women in Ciudad Juarez January 23, 2011. The women hand out food and medicines REUTERS/Gael Gonzalez

A group of Mexican women stand near their pink motorbikes in a low-income neighborhood in Ciudad Juarez January 23, 2011. The women hand out food and medicines to the poor in one of the world's deadliest cities to protest the deprivation they say fuels much of the violence. Braving drug gang wars in Ciudad Juarez that have killed some 6,700 people since 2008, including hundreds of women, the self-dubbed "Female Warriors ride out every Sunday to barrios that ring the factory city across from El Paso, Texas. The writing on the bike reads "Female Warriors". Picture taken January 23, 2011 REUTERS/Gael Gonzalez

A group of Mexican women ride their pink motorbikes in Ciudad Juarez January 23, 2011. The women hand out food and medicines to the poor in one of the world's deadliest cities to protest the deprivation they say fuels much of the violence. Braving drug gang wars in Ciudad Juarez that have killed some 6,700 people since 2008, including hundreds of women, the self-dubbed "Female Warriors ride out every Sunday to barrios that ring the factory city across from El Paso, Texas. Picture taken January 23, 2011 REUTERS/Gael Gonzalez

A group of Mexican woman who ride pink motorbikes stand around a resident of a low-income neighborhood in Ciudad Juarez January 23, 2011. The women hand out food and medicines to the poor in one of the world's deadliest cities to protest the deprivation they say fuels much of the violence. Braving drug gang wars in Ciudad Juarez that have killed some 6,700 people since 2008, including hundreds of women, the self-dubbed "Female Warriors ride out every Sunday to barrios that ring the factory city across from El Paso, Texas. Picture taken January 23, 2011 REUTERS/Gael Gonzalez

Mexican woman ride their pink motorbikes in Ciudad Juarez January 23, 2011. The women hand out food and medicines to the poor in one of the world'sdeadliest cities to protest the deprivation they say fuels much of the violence. Braving drug gang wars in Ciudad Juarez that have killed some 6,700 people since 2008, including hundreds of women, the self-dubbed "Female Warriors ride out every Sunday to barrios that ring the factory city across from El Paso, Texas. Picture taken January 23, 2011 REUTERS/Gael Gonzalez

A group of Mexican women arrive with their pink motorbikes at a low-income neighborhood in Ciudad Juarez January 23, 2011. The women hand out food and medicines to the poor in one of the world's deadliest cities to protest the deprivation they say fuels much of the violence. Braving drug gang wars in Ciudad Juarez that have killed some 6,700 people since 2008, including hundreds of women, the self-dubbed "Female Warriors ride out every Sunday to barrios that ring the factory city across from El Paso, Texas. Picture taken January 23, 2011 REUTERS/Gael Gonzalez