Latest items for Argentina
Jan. 29, 2025, 8:02 p.m.
Countries: Argentina
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"The announcement came shortly after Milei decried the concept of femicide at the World Economic Forum in Davos, and said that 'equality before the law already exists in the west. Everything else is just seeking privileges.' 'We’ve reached the point that in many supposedly civilised countries, if a woman is killed, it is called femicide. And this carries more serious punishment than if you kill a man simply based on the sex of the victim – legally making a woman’s life be worth more than that of a man,' he said" (para 5-6). "Argentina has a recent history of strong feminist mobilisation. In 2015, a wave of marches against femicide...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"The announcement came shortly after Milei decried the concept of femicide at the World Economic Forum in Davos, and said that 'equality before the law already exists in the west. Everything else is just seeking privileges.' 'We’ve reached the point that in many supposedly civilised countries, if a woman is killed, it is called femicide. And this carries more serious punishment than if you kill a man simply based on the sex of the victim – legally making a woman’s life be worth more than that of a man,' he said" (para 5-6). "Argentina has a recent history of strong feminist mobilisation. In 2015, a wave of marches against femicide...more
Jan. 29, 2025, 8:02 p.m.
Countries: Argentina
Variables: NGOFW-DATA-1
"Mariela Belski, Amnesty Argentina’s executive director, said it was 'deeply concerning' that violence against women is not 'being understood' by the state" (para 8). “'It is more of the same misogyny that this government promised in its electoral campaign and that deepens day by day,' said Soledad Deza, a prominent lawyer and president of the feminist organisation Mujeres x Mujeres" (para 13).
Variables: NGOFW-DATA-1
"Mariela Belski, Amnesty Argentina’s executive director, said it was 'deeply concerning' that violence against women is not 'being understood' by the state" (para 8). “'It is more of the same misogyny that this government promised in its electoral campaign and that deepens day by day,' said Soledad Deza, a prominent lawyer and president of the feminist organisation Mujeres x Mujeres" (para 13).
Jan. 29, 2025, 8:02 p.m.
Countries: Argentina
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"Femicide will be struck from Argentina’s penal code, according to a vow from the administration of Javier Milei, the president. It is his administration’s latest attack on women’s rights. Mariano Cúneo Libarona, the justice minister, said the government will 'eliminate the figure of femicide from the Argentine penal code' adding that feminism was a 'distortion of the concept of equality'" (para 1-2). "Femicide – the murder by a man of a woman in the context of gender violence – was added to the penal code as an aggravating factor of homicides in 2012, and is punishable with life imprisonment" (para 4).
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"Femicide will be struck from Argentina’s penal code, according to a vow from the administration of Javier Milei, the president. It is his administration’s latest attack on women’s rights. Mariano Cúneo Libarona, the justice minister, said the government will 'eliminate the figure of femicide from the Argentine penal code' adding that feminism was a 'distortion of the concept of equality'" (para 1-2). "Femicide – the murder by a man of a woman in the context of gender violence – was added to the penal code as an aggravating factor of homicides in 2012, and is punishable with life imprisonment" (para 4).
Jan. 29, 2025, 8:02 p.m.
Countries: Argentina
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"According to a report by the Argentina’s observatory of femicides of the ombudsman of the nation, 295 femicides were recorded between 1 January and 31 December last year" (para 7). "Although globally there are more homicides of men than women, the home is the most dangerous place for women and girls, she said. Sixty per cent of women are killed by their partners or family members, compared with 12% of men" (para 8). "'The Micaela Law was created because Micaela’s femicide, like so many others, could have been avoided if the people involved in the days, months and years before had made decisions with a gender perspective,' said Nestor García,...more
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"According to a report by the Argentina’s observatory of femicides of the ombudsman of the nation, 295 femicides were recorded between 1 January and 31 December last year" (para 7). "Although globally there are more homicides of men than women, the home is the most dangerous place for women and girls, she said. Sixty per cent of women are killed by their partners or family members, compared with 12% of men" (para 8). "'The Micaela Law was created because Micaela’s femicide, like so many others, could have been avoided if the people involved in the days, months and years before had made decisions with a gender perspective,' said Nestor García,...more
Jan. 29, 2025, 8:02 p.m.
Countries: Argentina
Variables: LBHO-LAW-2
"Argentina was also the first Latin American country to implement a parliamentary quota system for women in 1991" (para 10). "As it ramps up its 'cultural battle' against 'wokeism', Milei’s government is also now working to repeal legislation including labour quotas for sexual minorities, gender parity in electoral lists and non-binary identity documents" (para 14).
Variables: LBHO-LAW-2
"Argentina was also the first Latin American country to implement a parliamentary quota system for women in 1991" (para 10). "As it ramps up its 'cultural battle' against 'wokeism', Milei’s government is also now working to repeal legislation including labour quotas for sexual minorities, gender parity in electoral lists and non-binary identity documents" (para 14).
Jan. 29, 2025, 8:02 p.m.
Countries: Argentina
Variables: GP-DATA-5
"Since taking power, Milei has eliminated the ministry of women and dissolved the undersecretariat for protection against gender violence. He has cut back programmes providing support for victims of gender violence" (para 12).
Variables: GP-DATA-5
"Since taking power, Milei has eliminated the ministry of women and dissolved the undersecretariat for protection against gender violence. He has cut back programmes providing support for victims of gender violence" (para 12).
Jan. 29, 2025, 8:02 p.m.
Countries: Argentina
Variables: GP-DATA-3
"Since taking power, Milei has eliminated the ministry of women and dissolved the undersecretariat for protection against gender violence" (para 12). "The administration also aims to overturn Micaela’s Law, which establishes mandatory training in gender issues for public employees" (para 14).
Variables: GP-DATA-3
"Since taking power, Milei has eliminated the ministry of women and dissolved the undersecretariat for protection against gender violence" (para 12). "The administration also aims to overturn Micaela’s Law, which establishes mandatory training in gender issues for public employees" (para 14).
Jan. 29, 2025, 8:02 p.m.
Countries: Argentina
Variables: DV-DATA-1
"Although globally there are more homicides of men than women, the home is the most dangerous place for women and girls, she said. Sixty per cent of women are killed by their partners or family members, compared with 12% of men" (para 8).
Variables: DV-DATA-1
"Although globally there are more homicides of men than women, the home is the most dangerous place for women and girls, she said. Sixty per cent of women are killed by their partners or family members, compared with 12% of men" (para 8).
Jan. 29, 2025, 8:02 p.m.
Countries: Argentina
Variables: ATC-DATA-5, ATC-DATA-7
"In November, Argentina was the only country to vote against a UN general assembly resolution to prevent and eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls" (para 12).
Variables: ATC-DATA-5, ATC-DATA-7
"In November, Argentina was the only country to vote against a UN general assembly resolution to prevent and eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls" (para 12).
Jan. 29, 2025, 8:02 p.m.
Countries: Argentina
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"Argentina has a recent history of strong feminist mobilisation. In 2015, a wave of marches against femicide sparked similar protests in Peru, Uruguay, Italy and Germany, while the country’s Green Wave movement was instrumental in securing safe abortion rights in 2020" (10). "[Milei] has cut back programmes providing support for victims of gender violence, and at Davos attacked the 'bloody and murderous abortion agenda'" (para 12).
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"Argentina has a recent history of strong feminist mobilisation. In 2015, a wave of marches against femicide sparked similar protests in Peru, Uruguay, Italy and Germany, while the country’s Green Wave movement was instrumental in securing safe abortion rights in 2020" (10). "[Milei] has cut back programmes providing support for victims of gender violence, and at Davos attacked the 'bloody and murderous abortion agenda'" (para 12).
Jan. 29, 2025, 8:02 p.m.
Countries: Argentina
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Argentina has a recent history of strong feminist mobilisation. In 2015, a wave of marches against femicide sparked similar protests in Peru, Uruguay, Italy and Germany, while the country’s Green Wave movement was instrumental in securing safe abortion rights in 2020" (para 10).
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Argentina has a recent history of strong feminist mobilisation. In 2015, a wave of marches against femicide sparked similar protests in Peru, Uruguay, Italy and Germany, while the country’s Green Wave movement was instrumental in securing safe abortion rights in 2020" (para 10).
Jan. 18, 2025, 1:36 p.m.
Countries: Argentina, Colombia
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"After decades of work by activists across the region, the trend picked up speed in Argentina, which in 2020 legalized the procedure. In 2022, Colombia, a highly conservative country, did the same" (par. 23).
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"After decades of work by activists across the region, the trend picked up speed in Argentina, which in 2020 legalized the procedure. In 2022, Colombia, a highly conservative country, did the same" (par. 23).
Jan. 9, 2025, 10:37 a.m.
Countries: Argentina, Brazil, Honduras, Mexico
Variables: MURDER-DATA-4
"The highest femicide rates per 100,000 women are in Honduras (six per 100,000 women) and Trinidad and Tobago (5.5). Argentina ranked 16 out of 32 (at one per 100,000), but had the fourth highest absolute numbers, with 232, after Brazil at 1,437, Mexico at 976 and Honduras at 309" (para 18).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-4
"The highest femicide rates per 100,000 women are in Honduras (six per 100,000 women) and Trinidad and Tobago (5.5). Argentina ranked 16 out of 32 (at one per 100,000), but had the fourth highest absolute numbers, with 232, after Brazil at 1,437, Mexico at 976 and Honduras at 309" (para 18).
Jan. 9, 2025, 10:36 a.m.
Countries: Argentina
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"Argentina created a specific offence of femicide in 2012, punishing the crime with life sentences, but numbers have remained high for more than a decade" (para 15).
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"Argentina created a specific offence of femicide in 2012, punishing the crime with life sentences, but numbers have remained high for more than a decade" (para 15).
Jan. 9, 2025, 10:36 a.m.
Countries: Argentina
Variables: GP-DATA-3
"Since Milei took office in December 2023, he has closed down the ministry of women and gender, while his government contends that 'violence has no gender'" (para 21). "Her violent death reignited the protests across the country, and in 2019 Micaela’s Law was created, requiring all levels of government to train officials on violence against women. But now Milei has initiated plans to narrow the scope of this law, by restricting training to questions only of 'family violence'. According to Amnesty, Milei’s amendments would also limit training only to state officials 'competent in the matter' and 'move away from addressing gender-based violence as a structural problem'" (para 23-25).more
Variables: GP-DATA-3
"Since Milei took office in December 2023, he has closed down the ministry of women and gender, while his government contends that 'violence has no gender'" (para 21). "Her violent death reignited the protests across the country, and in 2019 Micaela’s Law was created, requiring all levels of government to train officials on violence against women. But now Milei has initiated plans to narrow the scope of this law, by restricting training to questions only of 'family violence'. According to Amnesty, Milei’s amendments would also limit training only to state officials 'competent in the matter' and 'move away from addressing gender-based violence as a structural problem'" (para 23-25).more
Jan. 9, 2025, 10:36 a.m.
Countries: Argentina
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"On 1 April 2017, García was followed home from a nightclub in Gualeguay, 140 miles north of Buenos Aires, raped and killed. Within a week, her decomposed and naked body was found in a field on the outskirts of the town" (para 3).
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"On 1 April 2017, García was followed home from a nightclub in Gualeguay, 140 miles north of Buenos Aires, raped and killed. Within a week, her decomposed and naked body was found in a field on the outskirts of the town" (para 3).
Jan. 9, 2025, 10:36 a.m.
Countries: Argentina
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"On 1 April 2017, García was followed home from a nightclub in Gualeguay, 140 miles north of Buenos Aires, raped and killed. Within a week, her decomposed and naked body was found in a field on the outskirts of the town" (para 3). "Argentina reported 322 femicides in 2023. The term is used to refer to the misogynist killing of women, or, as feminist Diana Russell has said, 'the killing of females by males because they are female'. The figure is a record high and marks a 33% increase from 2022, when 242 died, according to a new report by the National Ombudsman’s Office. The report says 61 of the...more
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"On 1 April 2017, García was followed home from a nightclub in Gualeguay, 140 miles north of Buenos Aires, raped and killed. Within a week, her decomposed and naked body was found in a field on the outskirts of the town" (para 3). "Argentina reported 322 femicides in 2023. The term is used to refer to the misogynist killing of women, or, as feminist Diana Russell has said, 'the killing of females by males because they are female'. The figure is a record high and marks a 33% increase from 2022, when 242 died, according to a new report by the National Ombudsman’s Office. The report says 61 of the...more
Jan. 9, 2025, 10:36 a.m.
Countries: Argentina
Variables: NGOFW-DATA-1
"'Javier Milei won with a discourse that denies gender issues,' says Raquel Vivanco, a feminist and the founder of the NGO Now That They See Us" (para 20).
Variables: NGOFW-DATA-1
"'Javier Milei won with a discourse that denies gender issues,' says Raquel Vivanco, a feminist and the founder of the NGO Now That They See Us" (para 20).
Jan. 9, 2025, 10:36 a.m.
Countries: Argentina
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Alongside her studies, García had been an activist in Ni Una Menos (not one less), an Argentine protest movement against gender violence which started in 2015 and spread across Latin America" (para 22).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Alongside her studies, García had been an activist in Ni Una Menos (not one less), an Argentine protest movement against gender violence which started in 2015 and spread across Latin America" (para 22).
Jan. 9, 2025, 9:58 a.m.
Countries: Argentina
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"The ruling was a victory for women’s rights activists who had been campaigning for La China’s release, and fighting against the criminalisation of women who suffer miscarriages and stillbirths in Argentina" (para 6). "But women such as La China are still being charged with homicide for undergoing what lawyers and supporters say are miscarriages, stillbirths, or other complications. The same study found at least 37 women had faced charges – either for homicide, or abandonment of a person – for possible obstetric events. The Centre for Legal and Social Studies (CELS) in Buenos Aires said poor, migrant women are more likely to face prosecution" (para 9).
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"The ruling was a victory for women’s rights activists who had been campaigning for La China’s release, and fighting against the criminalisation of women who suffer miscarriages and stillbirths in Argentina" (para 6). "But women such as La China are still being charged with homicide for undergoing what lawyers and supporters say are miscarriages, stillbirths, or other complications. The same study found at least 37 women had faced charges – either for homicide, or abandonment of a person – for possible obstetric events. The Centre for Legal and Social Studies (CELS) in Buenos Aires said poor, migrant women are more likely to face prosecution" (para 9).
Jan. 9, 2025, 9:58 a.m.
Countries: Argentina
Variables: MULV-PRACTICE-1, DMW-PRACTICE-1
"Carbó said the notion of 'the good mother' is so strong in society that anyone who does not recognise their pregnancy is immediately disapproved of" (para 12).
Variables: MULV-PRACTICE-1, DMW-PRACTICE-1
"Carbó said the notion of 'the good mother' is so strong in society that anyone who does not recognise their pregnancy is immediately disapproved of" (para 12).
Jan. 9, 2025, 9:58 a.m.
Countries: Argentina
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"When the country legalised abortion up to 14 weeks in 2020, the government also promised to drop charges against women being prosecuted under earlier abortion laws" (para 8).
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"When the country legalised abortion up to 14 weeks in 2020, the government also promised to drop charges against women being prosecuted under earlier abortion laws" (para 8).
Jan. 9, 2025, 9:58 a.m.
Countries: Argentina
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"A 2020 study found that more than 1,500 women had been accused of having terminations between 2012 and 2020" (para 8).
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"A 2020 study found that more than 1,500 women had been accused of having terminations between 2012 and 2020" (para 8).
Jan. 9, 2025, 9:06 a.m.
Countries: Argentina
Variables: GP-DATA-3
"The former economist and TV pundit has also pledged to close the Ministry for Women, Gender and Diversity" (para 10).
Variables: GP-DATA-3
"The former economist and TV pundit has also pledged to close the Ministry for Women, Gender and Diversity" (para 10).
Jan. 9, 2025, 9:06 a.m.
Countries: Argentina
Variables: MMR-PRACTICE-1, ABO-DATA-1
"The government estimates that 3,000 women died between 1983 and 2020, before the legalisation, due to clandestine abortions. Officials have said that maternal deaths have decreased by more than 40% since the law was enacted" (para 16).
Variables: MMR-PRACTICE-1, ABO-DATA-1
"The government estimates that 3,000 women died between 1983 and 2020, before the legalisation, due to clandestine abortions. Officials have said that maternal deaths have decreased by more than 40% since the law was enacted" (para 16).
Jan. 9, 2025, 9:06 a.m.
Countries: Argentina
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Argentina is three weeks away from a national election in which the rights of women and abortion have been put on the ballot, just three years after elective terminations were legalised" (para 2). "Abortion was legalised in Argentina in 2020 after sweeping protests known as the “green wave” movement. Previously, abortions were only permitted in cases of rape or if the woman’s health was at risk" (para 5). "Doctors who perform abortions have also reportedly been targeted with spurious legal complaints. In August 2021, one doctor in Salta, a city in north-western Argentina, was detained following an accusation that she had performed an 'illegal abortion'. She faced almost two years...more
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Argentina is three weeks away from a national election in which the rights of women and abortion have been put on the ballot, just three years after elective terminations were legalised" (para 2). "Abortion was legalised in Argentina in 2020 after sweeping protests known as the “green wave” movement. Previously, abortions were only permitted in cases of rape or if the woman’s health was at risk" (para 5). "Doctors who perform abortions have also reportedly been targeted with spurious legal complaints. In August 2021, one doctor in Salta, a city in north-western Argentina, was detained following an accusation that she had performed an 'illegal abortion'. She faced almost two years...more
Jan. 9, 2025, 9:06 a.m.
Countries: Argentina
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"On 22 October, the country heads to the polls in a highly contested election, in which the frontrunner Javier Milei has described abortion as murder. In a recent interview, Milei, a 52-year-old far-right candidate and political outsider, reportedly said that those who support abortion rights are 'brainwashed by a homicidal policy'. He vowed to launch a referendum to overturn the abortion law if he takes the presidency. 'Life starts at the moment of fertilisation. Three weeks after that, your mother decides to kill you because you are not alive yet. How come?' Milei said in August" (para 7-9). "Despite such progress, abortion remains a fraught and divisive issue in the...more
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"On 22 October, the country heads to the polls in a highly contested election, in which the frontrunner Javier Milei has described abortion as murder. In a recent interview, Milei, a 52-year-old far-right candidate and political outsider, reportedly said that those who support abortion rights are 'brainwashed by a homicidal policy'. He vowed to launch a referendum to overturn the abortion law if he takes the presidency. 'Life starts at the moment of fertilisation. Three weeks after that, your mother decides to kill you because you are not alive yet. How come?' Milei said in August" (para 7-9). "Despite such progress, abortion remains a fraught and divisive issue in the...more
Dec. 31, 2024, 4:46 p.m.
Countries: Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Brazil, Burundi, Central African Rep, Chile, Cote D'Ivoire, D R Congo, East Timor, Ethiopia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Netherlands, Niger, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Togo, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: IRP-SCALE-1
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Variables: IRP-SCALE-1
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Nov. 16, 2024, 2:54 p.m.
Countries: Argentina
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"The ruling was a victory for women’s rights activists who had been campaigning for La China’s release, and fighting against the criminalisation of women who suffer miscarriages and stillbirths in Argentina" (para 6). "But women such as La China are still being charged with homicide for undergoing what lawyers and supporters say are miscarriages, stillbirths, or other complications. The same study found at least 37 women had faced charges – either for homicide, or abandonment of a person – for possible obstetric events. The Centre for Legal and Social Studies (CELS) in Buenos Aires said poor, migrant women are more likely to face prosecution" (para 9).
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"The ruling was a victory for women’s rights activists who had been campaigning for La China’s release, and fighting against the criminalisation of women who suffer miscarriages and stillbirths in Argentina" (para 6). "But women such as La China are still being charged with homicide for undergoing what lawyers and supporters say are miscarriages, stillbirths, or other complications. The same study found at least 37 women had faced charges – either for homicide, or abandonment of a person – for possible obstetric events. The Centre for Legal and Social Studies (CELS) in Buenos Aires said poor, migrant women are more likely to face prosecution" (para 9).
Nov. 16, 2024, 2:54 p.m.
Countries: Argentina
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"When the country legalised abortion up to 14 weeks in 2020, the government also promised to drop charges against women being prosecuted under earlier abortion laws" (para 8).
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"When the country legalised abortion up to 14 weeks in 2020, the government also promised to drop charges against women being prosecuted under earlier abortion laws" (para 8).