Guatemala's femicide law: Progress against impunity

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North America

Executive Summary

This report investigates the history and context of femicide in Guatemala, the components of the law, and reactions and recommendations one year later. Specifically, this report attempts to answer the questions:

  • Why does femicide exist in Guatemala?
  • Why does the number of women killed continue to rise?
  • What has the law accomplished and what is lacking?

Author(s)

Kelsey Alford-Jones
A contributing factor to the continued crime of Femicide is the absence of state guarantees to protect the rights of women. The term femicide is often accompanied by the political term feminicide. Feminicide holds responsible not only the male perpetrators but also the state and judicial structures that normalize misogyny, tolerate the perpetratorsā€˜ acts of violence, or deny state responsibility to ensure the safety of its female citizens.

 

 


 

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