Femicide, broadly defined as the murder of a woman motivated by gender, is a prevalent issue in Latin America. In 2016, 14 of the top 25 nations with...

Femicide or feminicide is a term for the murdering of females, often because of their gender. In 1976, the feminist author Diana E. H. Russell first implicitly...

world's highest femicide rates, with as many as 3% of murder victims being classified as femicides. In 2021, approximately 1,000 femicides took place, out...

found two common patterns in the data which were classified as intimate femicide and systemic sexual femicide. Intimate femicide refers to women who were...

which the phrase became a "symbol of struggle". Latin America has incredibly high rates of femicide, or feminicide; at least 12 women suffer from gender-based...

Nations and European Union campaigning against femicide and violence against women. She has starred in film, television, and theater across the United...

as a method of family planning". In Latin America, sexual violence including rape, assault, harassment, and femicide are prominent issues that impact...

maquiladoras workers in Juarez as well as on the suffering experienced by victims' family members. Femicide Femicide in Latin America Violence against women...

and an increase in opportunity for young girls in Guatemala, as well as in other Latin American countries. Femicide in Latin America Villareal, Ryan Reynolds...

most recognized forms of femicide. Human rights advocates have compared "honor killings" to "crimes of passion" in Latin America (which are sometimes treated...