Brazil's President Rousseff signs tough femicide law
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has signed a new law that carries tough sentences for gender-related killings of women and girls. The law introduced Monday sets a prison sentence of 12 to 30 years...
View ArticleArgentine media's unprofessional coverage of femicide sets off alarm bells
Skimming through Argentine dailies often feels like scanning soap tabloids: “Man confesses to murdering and burying wife,” “Man murders ex-girlfriend in cafe then attempts suicide via ‘hara kiri’,”...
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Argentines rally for women with ‘Not One Less’ protest against femicide
Amid a carnival-like atmosphere complete with drum circles, roaming cotton candy vendors and chorizo grilling stations, close to 300,000 women, men and children gathered before Buenos Aires’...
View ArticleEconomic Commission of Latin America and the Caribbean warns of high number...
The Economic Commission of Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has warned about the region’s high number of femicides. Last month, the Gender Equality Observatory for Latin America and the...
View ArticleUnited States approves $750 million aid package for Central America
The United States Congress has approved a new budget which will see $750 million allocated to Central America. The money is to help the countries in the Northern Triangle of Central America (NTCA) –...
View ArticleEl Salvador creates new court to address violence against women
El Salvador has this week created a special court in which to try violent crimes committed against women. In a bid to crackdown on widespread violence against women, the Salvadoran Congress approved...
View ArticleReport cites the ‘state’ as central to violence against women
A new report released by Amnesty International outlines that the state acts as ‘catalyst’ in increasing violence against women across Latin America. The report highlights how women have been encouraged...
View ArticleThe darker undertone of International Women’s day
Today, March 8, is International Women’s day. While flowers are given to colleagues and workmates and cakes are shared there remains a distinctly bleaker side to the day’s celebrations. A recent study...
View ArticleMexico: Sexual violence on the up
A study completed by the Executive Victims Attention Commission (CEAV) has revealed that around 600,000 sexual violence cases were reported between 2010 and 2015. That’s around 1,345 cases per day,...
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