Progress on Reducing Latin America’s Femicides Has Stalled
Much can be done to prevent more murders, but only if decision-makers and society as whole are more proactive in tackling this pressing problem.
BUENOS AIRES AND SANTIAGO—Violence against women should be a thing of the past in Latin America and the Caribbean. Eighteen countries have special laws to deal with femicides, and yet, as homicide rates are falling, femicide rates are not. Instead, they are stuck at a stubbornly high plateau in most of the region. In 2022, the rate of femicide victims per 100,000 women ranged from 0.4 to 6.0 in Latin America and the Caribbean. Compared to the rest of the world, the Americas (including the U.S. and Canada) rank better than Africa and Asia but worse than Oceania and Europe, according to a...
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