5 hours ago · In Argentina, femicide is an aggravated form of homicide, defined as a murder committed by a man against a woman in the context of gender-based violence. Countries beyond Latin America have been slower to adopt specific femicide laws, …

3 days ago · As Mariela Belski, executive director of Amnesty International Argentina, puts it: “A femicide is always a homicide, that is, the death of a person at the hands of another.

3 days ago · Femicide is a serious problem in Argentina. Last year alone, there were nearly three hundred reported cases. Néstor “Yuyo” García, whose daughter, Micaela García, was a victim of femicide ...

4 days ago · In Argentina, femicide is an aggravated form of homicide, defined as a murder committed by a man against a woman in the context of gender-based violence.

Mar 1, 2024 · Femicides in Argentina, already at a record level last year, have increased further in the first two months of 2024, a report from a local observatory on Friday showed, with more than one...

5 days ago · Femicide — the murder of a woman by a man because of her gender — was added to Argentina's penal code as a specific offence in 2012, and is punishable with a life sentence.

Nov 25, 2024 · In the last ten years, Argentina has recorded over 2,400 femicides, resulting in at least 2,047 children losing their mothers. This alarming statistic was presented by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and UN Women as …

Mar 1, 2024 · Femicides in Argentina, already at a record level last year, have increased further in the first two months of 2024, a report from a local observatory on Friday showed, with more than one killing per day underscoring the deadly threat to women.

Jan 17, 2020 · Natalia’s death has added to the brutal femicide statistics in Argentina, where one woman is killed every 32 hours, according to the Women’s Office of the Supreme Court of Justice. Thousands of...

Dec 2, 2021 · Argentina recorded more than 250 femicides in 2020, one every 35 hours. Forty-one of the victims had previously filed complaints. In the first eight months of 2021, the advocacy group Mumalá registered at least 118 femicides.