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Rise in Femicides and Rapes in Brazil
In the first half of 2023, Brazil experienced a 2.6% increase in violence against women, culminating in a total of 722 femicide cases.
Rape cases...
Rio de Janeiro: highest number of femicides in six years
The Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro recorded 110 murders of women last year.
This is evidenced by data from the Institute for Public...
Protesters in Ecuador demand government action to stop femicides
Dozens of human rights activists and gender violence activists demonstrated in several Ecuadorian cities to call on the government to take action against the...
Brazil records highest number of transfemicides in a year
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil continues to be the most unsafe country for transvestites and transgender people, reporting for the 13th consecutive time...
Femicides increase by 31% in Guatemala during 2021
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Femicides registered in Guatemala an increase of 31% between January and August 2021, compared to the same period last...
President signs law that expands punishment for crime of femicide in Costa Rica
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The president of Costa Rica, Carlos Alvarado, signed this Monday (23) a law that extends the punishment for the...
The multiple femicide that horrified El Salvador
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Prosecutor's Office and the Institute of Forensic Medicine of El Salvador have recovered part of the remains of...
Argentina reports a femicide every 39 hours in first four months of this year
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A total of 74 women were murdered in Argentina during the first four months of 2021, equivalent to a...
Violent clashes as women protest against femicide in Mexico City
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Officers forced back protesters with tear gas and riot shields in Mexico City's main square, the Zócalo.
Protesters were calling...
Venezuelans protest rising femicide after three women killed
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Hundreds of Venezuelans protested on Saturday, February 27th, following the murders of three young women last week, in a...
Teen femicide by policeman shocks Argentina
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The stabbing death of Ursula Bahillo, 19, in the Buenos Aires district of Rojas has sent shockwaves across the...
‘Digital Influencer’ State Police Officer Killed in Bahia; Suspicion of Femicide
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - State Police officer and "digital influencer" Rafaella Gonçalves, 38, was killed on Monday, October 5th in Ibotirama, in western...
Brazil’s Supreme Court Confirms Jury Verdict of Acquittal in Femicide Case
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On Tuesday, September 29th, the 1st Panel of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) upheld the acquittal of a man...
Mexico Sees Record Number of Femicides in 2020
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In Mexico, 632 women and girls have been killed in January and February this year. Some 166 cases have...