Latest items for MURDER-DATA-2
Feb. 19, 2025, 6:34 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2
"A majority of the cases in 2021, the report said, were of kidnappings and abduction, rapes, domestic violence, dowry deaths and assaults. Also, 107 women were attacked with acid, 1,580 women were trafficked, 15 girls were sold and 2,668 women were victims of cybercrimes" (para 12-13). "Campaigners say new brides are often harassed for not bringing in sufficient dowry and thousands are killed by their husbands and in-laws every year. Most are burnt to death and the murders are passed off as 'kitchen accidents'" (para 33-34). "Last year, police recorded 6,795 dowry deaths - or on average, one every 77 minutes. The numbers are a 10.92% improvement over 2016 when...more
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2
"A majority of the cases in 2021, the report said, were of kidnappings and abduction, rapes, domestic violence, dowry deaths and assaults. Also, 107 women were attacked with acid, 1,580 women were trafficked, 15 girls were sold and 2,668 women were victims of cybercrimes" (para 12-13). "Campaigners say new brides are often harassed for not bringing in sufficient dowry and thousands are killed by their husbands and in-laws every year. Most are burnt to death and the murders are passed off as 'kitchen accidents'" (para 33-34). "Last year, police recorded 6,795 dowry deaths - or on average, one every 77 minutes. The numbers are a 10.92% improvement over 2016 when...more
Feb. 8, 2025, 12:39 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2
"Figures from charity Acid Survivors Trust International (Asti) revealed how attacks in London rose by 45 percent last year and a staggering 69 percent across England and Wales" (par. 2). "There were 710 acid attacks recorded in 2022, compared with 421 in 2021. The Metropolitan Police recorded 107 attacks in 2022, up from 74 in 2021. Women were targeted in 339 cases and men in 317 and in the rest the gender of the victim was unknown. Of the 2021 attacks, 172 were against women and 227 on men" (par. 3). "The 710 figure means the figure has the highest number of recorded attacks in the world with the majority...more
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2
"Figures from charity Acid Survivors Trust International (Asti) revealed how attacks in London rose by 45 percent last year and a staggering 69 percent across England and Wales" (par. 2). "There were 710 acid attacks recorded in 2022, compared with 421 in 2021. The Metropolitan Police recorded 107 attacks in 2022, up from 74 in 2021. Women were targeted in 339 cases and men in 317 and in the rest the gender of the victim was unknown. Of the 2021 attacks, 172 were against women and 227 on men" (par. 3). "The 710 figure means the figure has the highest number of recorded attacks in the world with the majority...more
Feb. 3, 2025, 1 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2
"The number of honour-based crimes happening in Britain surged by more than 60 per cent in just two years, figures suggest" (Para 1). "The Guardian reported that 26 of 39 constabularies said there were 2,594 offences of this type recorded by police in 2022. This was compared to 1,599 in 2020. The increase was even more notable since 2016 - up 193 per cent" (Para 4, 5). "The Met Police, West Midlands and Greater Manchester forces recorded the highest rates of honour-based abuse in 2021 and 2022, The Guardian reported.The Met recorded 1,213 cases: 514 of violence; two attempted murders; 32 rapes; 310 of forced marriage and 49 of female...more
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2
"The number of honour-based crimes happening in Britain surged by more than 60 per cent in just two years, figures suggest" (Para 1). "The Guardian reported that 26 of 39 constabularies said there were 2,594 offences of this type recorded by police in 2022. This was compared to 1,599 in 2020. The increase was even more notable since 2016 - up 193 per cent" (Para 4, 5). "The Met Police, West Midlands and Greater Manchester forces recorded the highest rates of honour-based abuse in 2021 and 2022, The Guardian reported.The Met recorded 1,213 cases: 514 of violence; two attempted murders; 32 rapes; 310 of forced marriage and 49 of female...more
Feb. 1, 2025, 7:04 p.m.
Countries: Pakistan
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2
"More than 1,000 women are killed each year in Pakistan at the hands of community or family members over perceived damage to 'honour', according to independent Human Rights Commission of Pakistan" (para 11).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2
"More than 1,000 women are killed each year in Pakistan at the hands of community or family members over perceived damage to 'honour', according to independent Human Rights Commission of Pakistan" (para 11).
Jan. 24, 2025, 8:26 p.m.
Countries: Papua New Guinea
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2
"To this day, the UN estimates there are 200 killings of 'witches' in PNG annually. Before Angeline's savage murder in 2013, there had been at least two known 'witch burnings' at the Warakum dump since 2009. And in 2012, police arrested 29 people for killing and cannibalising the brains and genitals of seven people accused of sorcery. The following year, when a six-year-old boy died in Mt Hagen General Hospital, probably from rheumatic fever, his family decided Angeline was to blame. She was pronounced that most dreaded of PNG words: 'sanguma'. Sanguma, which translates as black magic or sorcery, means to some that a woman is inhabited by an invisible,...more
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2
"To this day, the UN estimates there are 200 killings of 'witches' in PNG annually. Before Angeline's savage murder in 2013, there had been at least two known 'witch burnings' at the Warakum dump since 2009. And in 2012, police arrested 29 people for killing and cannibalising the brains and genitals of seven people accused of sorcery. The following year, when a six-year-old boy died in Mt Hagen General Hospital, probably from rheumatic fever, his family decided Angeline was to blame. She was pronounced that most dreaded of PNG words: 'sanguma'. Sanguma, which translates as black magic or sorcery, means to some that a woman is inhabited by an invisible,...more
Jan. 16, 2025, 10:50 a.m.
Countries: Honduras
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2
Table 1 shows that there were 249 applications for prosecutions of violent deaths, 307 defendants, and 149 convictions. There were 123 applications for the prosecution of femicide specifically, with 148 defendants and 94 convictions. There were 7 applications for the prosecution of murder, 8 defendants, and 44 convictions, 3 applications for the prosecution of parricide, 3 defendants, and 3 resulting convictions, and 116 applications for the prosecution of manslaughter, 148 defendants, and 8 manslaughter convictions (9).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2
Table 1 shows that there were 249 applications for prosecutions of violent deaths, 307 defendants, and 149 convictions. There were 123 applications for the prosecution of femicide specifically, with 148 defendants and 94 convictions. There were 7 applications for the prosecution of murder, 8 defendants, and 44 convictions, 3 applications for the prosecution of parricide, 3 defendants, and 3 resulting convictions, and 116 applications for the prosecution of manslaughter, 148 defendants, and 8 manslaughter convictions (9).
Jan. 10, 2025, 7 p.m.
Countries: New Zealand
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2, DV-DATA-1
"Māori and Pasifika women are beaten and killed by their partners at the highest rates in New Zealand. Research shows up to 80 percent of Māori and Pacifica women will experience family and sexual violence in their lifetime. They are three times more likely to be killed by a partner than Caucasian women" (para 18).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2, DV-DATA-1
"Māori and Pasifika women are beaten and killed by their partners at the highest rates in New Zealand. Research shows up to 80 percent of Māori and Pacifica women will experience family and sexual violence in their lifetime. They are three times more likely to be killed by a partner than Caucasian women" (para 18).
Jan. 9, 2025, 3:58 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2
"'In the Northern Territory, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women are 18 times more likely to be the victims of domestic and sexual violence,' she [the prime minister for prevention of domestic, family, and sexual violence] told reporters. 'They are also 40 times more likely to end up in hospital as a result of that violence ... we really welcome that new focus" (para 26-27).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2
"'In the Northern Territory, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women are 18 times more likely to be the victims of domestic and sexual violence,' she [the prime minister for prevention of domestic, family, and sexual violence] told reporters. 'They are also 40 times more likely to end up in hospital as a result of that violence ... we really welcome that new focus" (para 26-27).
Jan. 9, 2025, 3:57 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2, DV-DATA-1
"Statistics show one woman dies at the hands of her former or current partner in Australia every 10 days" (para 19).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2, DV-DATA-1
"Statistics show one woman dies at the hands of her former or current partner in Australia every 10 days" (para 19).
Jan. 9, 2025, 10:18 a.m.
Countries: India
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2
"According to a U.N. study, forty to fifty per cent of female homicides in India result from dowry disputes" (para 30).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2
"According to a U.N. study, forty to fifty per cent of female homicides in India result from dowry disputes" (para 30).
Dec. 6, 2024, 10:37 a.m.
Countries: India
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2
"From 2010 to 2021, more than 1,500 people were killed in India after accusations of witchcraft, according to the National Crime Records Bureau. Witch hunts are particularly common in Jharkhand, a mineral-rich yet poverty-riddled state where Indigenous tribes make up about a quarter of the population. The assault on Ms. Mahato was one of 854 witchcraft-related cases recorded in the state in 2021, 32 of which resulted in deaths" (para 13-14).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2
"From 2010 to 2021, more than 1,500 people were killed in India after accusations of witchcraft, according to the National Crime Records Bureau. Witch hunts are particularly common in Jharkhand, a mineral-rich yet poverty-riddled state where Indigenous tribes make up about a quarter of the population. The assault on Ms. Mahato was one of 854 witchcraft-related cases recorded in the state in 2021, 32 of which resulted in deaths" (para 13-14).
Dec. 6, 2024, 10:15 a.m.
Countries: Bangladesh
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2
"The Acid Control Act 2002 and the Acid Crime Prevention Acts 2002, passed by the Bangladeshi Government, which restricts the import and sale of acid in open markets, were a start – and I'm pleased to say that there has been a 75% reduction in reported cases in Bangladesh since 2002" (para 33).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2
"The Acid Control Act 2002 and the Acid Crime Prevention Acts 2002, passed by the Bangladeshi Government, which restricts the import and sale of acid in open markets, were a start – and I'm pleased to say that there has been a 75% reduction in reported cases in Bangladesh since 2002" (para 33).
Oct. 16, 2024, 11:29 a.m.
Countries: Lebanon
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2, DV-DATA-1
"According to internal security forces, nine women were killed in domestic violence crimes between January and October last year, and 18 in 2021. The real number is thought to be far higher, with domestic abuse on the rise. “We know that not all the cases are reported,” says Mohamad Mansour, deputy director of Abaad, a gender equality NGO" (para 8).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2, DV-DATA-1
"According to internal security forces, nine women were killed in domestic violence crimes between January and October last year, and 18 in 2021. The real number is thought to be far higher, with domestic abuse on the rise. “We know that not all the cases are reported,” says Mohamad Mansour, deputy director of Abaad, a gender equality NGO" (para 8).
Sept. 5, 2024, 1 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2, MURDER-DATA-2
“[C]lose to half of all female domestic and family violence related deaths in Queensland from 2015 to 2017 were of women who had previously been identified as a respondent to a domestic violence order. Failure to appropriately identify the primary domestic abuser disproportionately impacts First Nations women, who are also more likely to experience structural racism in the criminal legal system. ‘The deceased person had been recorded as both a respondent and an aggrieved party in domestic violence orders in nearly all of the domestic and family violence related deaths of Aboriginal people,’ The State of Knowledge Report on Violence Perpetration shows” (25-27). “Between 2010 and 2014 there were 152...more
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2, MURDER-DATA-2
“[C]lose to half of all female domestic and family violence related deaths in Queensland from 2015 to 2017 were of women who had previously been identified as a respondent to a domestic violence order. Failure to appropriately identify the primary domestic abuser disproportionately impacts First Nations women, who are also more likely to experience structural racism in the criminal legal system. ‘The deceased person had been recorded as both a respondent and an aggrieved party in domestic violence orders in nearly all of the domestic and family violence related deaths of Aboriginal people,’ The State of Knowledge Report on Violence Perpetration shows” (25-27). “Between 2010 and 2014 there were 152...more
July 23, 2024, 4:58 p.m.
Countries: Sierra Leone
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2
“Police in Sierra Leone are investigating the deaths of three girls who underwent female genital mutilation (FGM). Adamsay Sesay, 12; Salamatu Jalloh, 13; and Kadiatu Bangura, 17, died during initiation ceremonies in the country’s North West province last month, according to local reports” (1-2). “In 2021, Maseray Sei, 21, from Bonthe district in southern Sierra Leone died from complications after undergoing FGM. A practitioner was charged with manslaughter but the case was dismissed due to an error in a medical report on Sei’s death” (13).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2
“Police in Sierra Leone are investigating the deaths of three girls who underwent female genital mutilation (FGM). Adamsay Sesay, 12; Salamatu Jalloh, 13; and Kadiatu Bangura, 17, died during initiation ceremonies in the country’s North West province last month, according to local reports” (1-2). “In 2021, Maseray Sei, 21, from Bonthe district in southern Sierra Leone died from complications after undergoing FGM. A practitioner was charged with manslaughter but the case was dismissed due to an error in a medical report on Sei’s death” (13).
April 12, 2024, 5:14 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2
"Their analysis of 199 murders of women between July 1, 2007, and June 30, 2018, shows 59 of the victims were killed by what was labelled a 'fixated threat' offender" (para 70).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2
"Their analysis of 199 murders of women between July 1, 2007, and June 30, 2018, shows 59 of the victims were killed by what was labelled a 'fixated threat' offender" (para 70).
Sept. 7, 2023, 12:33 p.m.
Countries: Lebanon
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2
"Calls to resources that provide help are up... and, according to Mohammad Mansour, deputy director of the Resource Center for Gender Equality (ABAAD), an NGO that advocates for gender equality in the Middle East and North Africa, so are murders: Mansour told The New Humanitarian that the first seven months of 2022 saw 14 women killed by their partners in Lebanon, compared to 18 in the whole of 2021" (para 7).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2
"Calls to resources that provide help are up... and, according to Mohammad Mansour, deputy director of the Resource Center for Gender Equality (ABAAD), an NGO that advocates for gender equality in the Middle East and North Africa, so are murders: Mansour told The New Humanitarian that the first seven months of 2022 saw 14 women killed by their partners in Lebanon, compared to 18 in the whole of 2021" (para 7).
Sept. 6, 2023, 5:32 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2, MURDER-DATA-2
"According to the National Crime Records Bureau, 35,493 brides were killed in India between 2017 and 2022 - an average of 20 women a day - for bringing in insufficient dowry" (para 21).
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2, MURDER-DATA-2
"According to the National Crime Records Bureau, 35,493 brides were killed in India between 2017 and 2022 - an average of 20 women a day - for bringing in insufficient dowry" (para 21).
Aug. 24, 2023, 1:08 a.m.
Countries: Cape Verde
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2
"[T]here were eight femicides in 2018, all of which involved situations in which women were leaving their partners" (5,14).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2
"[T]here were eight femicides in 2018, all of which involved situations in which women were leaving their partners" (5,14).
June 20, 2023, 9:30 p.m.
Countries: Nicaragua
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2
"Criminal investigations in cases of violence against women, femicide and gender-related murder are conducted by the national police, which handles reports of such crimes, assigns specialized personnel to deal with them and facilitates access to justice, all the while working to prevent revictimization. According to its statistical yearbooks and maps detailing the incidence of violence against women, the national police received reports of 75 cases of femicide, mostly involving women aged between 25 and 45 years, between 2015 and 2018." (33). Table 10 has two diagrams, one a line graph and the other a table, titled the ages of femicide victims that goes from 2015-2018. Combined, there have been a...more
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2
"Criminal investigations in cases of violence against women, femicide and gender-related murder are conducted by the national police, which handles reports of such crimes, assigns specialized personnel to deal with them and facilitates access to justice, all the while working to prevent revictimization. According to its statistical yearbooks and maps detailing the incidence of violence against women, the national police received reports of 75 cases of femicide, mostly involving women aged between 25 and 45 years, between 2015 and 2018." (33). Table 10 has two diagrams, one a line graph and the other a table, titled the ages of femicide victims that goes from 2015-2018. Combined, there have been a...more
April 17, 2023, 2:24 p.m.
Countries: Mexico
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2
"Women in Mexico state, which wraps around Mexico City on three sides, were already dying at a frightening pace. From January to November, there were 131 femicides — cases of women killed because of their gender. Díaz was the ninth apparent femicide during an 11-day spate of killings in and around Mexico City from late October to early November. The country saw more than 1,000 femicides last year -- second only to Brazil in Latin America — and on average, 10 women or girls are killed daily in Mexico." (para 4-5). "Data also show femicides are fairly concentrated. Nine of Mexico’s 2,446 municipalities, including Ecatepec, accounted for 13% of femicides...more
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2
"Women in Mexico state, which wraps around Mexico City on three sides, were already dying at a frightening pace. From January to November, there were 131 femicides — cases of women killed because of their gender. Díaz was the ninth apparent femicide during an 11-day spate of killings in and around Mexico City from late October to early November. The country saw more than 1,000 femicides last year -- second only to Brazil in Latin America — and on average, 10 women or girls are killed daily in Mexico." (para 4-5). "Data also show femicides are fairly concentrated. Nine of Mexico’s 2,446 municipalities, including Ecatepec, accounted for 13% of femicides...more
April 3, 2023, 11:29 a.m.
Countries: Mexico
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2, DV-DATA-1
"Acid attacks are most common in South Asia, but also have been documented in many other parts of the world, including Latin America. The Carmen Sánchez Foundation, started in 2021 to highlight the issue in Mexico, says government health data from 2022 suggests more than 100 women were attacked by chemicals or some kind of corrosive agent, though only 28 were reported to authorities." (para 9-10).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2, DV-DATA-1
"Acid attacks are most common in South Asia, but also have been documented in many other parts of the world, including Latin America. The Carmen Sánchez Foundation, started in 2021 to highlight the issue in Mexico, says government health data from 2022 suggests more than 100 women were attacked by chemicals or some kind of corrosive agent, though only 28 were reported to authorities." (para 9-10).
Jan. 18, 2023, 11:20 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2, DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"22-year-old Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini, died in hospital on 16 September, three days after she was arrested and reportedly beaten by morality police in Tehran" (para 1).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2, DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"22-year-old Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini, died in hospital on 16 September, three days after she was arrested and reportedly beaten by morality police in Tehran" (para 1).
Jan. 6, 2023, 8:24 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2, MURDER-DATA-2
"[Women's rights group] Equality says that between 2016 and 2019 at least three women died of domestic violence every five days in China, the latest grim statistic in what has been a festering issue" (para 26).
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2, MURDER-DATA-2
"[Women's rights group] Equality says that between 2016 and 2019 at least three women died of domestic violence every five days in China, the latest grim statistic in what has been a festering issue" (para 26).
Jan. 6, 2023, 5:48 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2
"Soheila Abadi, now 25, was hanged in prison after she was convicted of killing her husband over 'family disputes' according to the sentencing courts. Two other women executed on Wednesday were also convicted of murdering their husbands, Human Rights Watch said. Activists claim that most incidents of wives killing their husbands are sparked by domestic violence but the Iranian courts do not take this into account" (para 2-4). "At least 26 per cent of those executed this year are members of the impoverished Baluchi ethnic minority which makes up only five per cent of the total Iranian population" (para 16).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2
"Soheila Abadi, now 25, was hanged in prison after she was convicted of killing her husband over 'family disputes' according to the sentencing courts. Two other women executed on Wednesday were also convicted of murdering their husbands, Human Rights Watch said. Activists claim that most incidents of wives killing their husbands are sparked by domestic violence but the Iranian courts do not take this into account" (para 2-4). "At least 26 per cent of those executed this year are members of the impoverished Baluchi ethnic minority which makes up only five per cent of the total Iranian population" (para 16).
Dec. 29, 2022, 12:22 p.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2
"Ritual attacks on children – especially those with albinism – are also often motivated by greed, a desire for power or a belief that their body parts can stave off ancestral wrath and cure everything from male impotency to poverty. Girls with albinism and mothers of children with albinism suffer extreme violence, including having their arms and legs hacked off while still alive... In Malawi, new laws resulted in reported attacks on people with albinism declining from 60 in 2016 to four in 2021" (para 8, 10).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2
"Ritual attacks on children – especially those with albinism – are also often motivated by greed, a desire for power or a belief that their body parts can stave off ancestral wrath and cure everything from male impotency to poverty. Girls with albinism and mothers of children with albinism suffer extreme violence, including having their arms and legs hacked off while still alive... In Malawi, new laws resulted in reported attacks on people with albinism declining from 60 in 2016 to four in 2021" (para 8, 10).
Dec. 19, 2022, 12:53 p.m.
Countries: Bulgaria
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-1, MURDER-DATA-2
“Between half a percent and 13% of the Bulgarian population confess that they know about forms of honour related violence in their own family or other families they keep in touch with…" (9). “Between 3% and 4% of Bulgarian citizens declare that they would exercise an act that is in reality some form of honour-related violence in order to protect the family’s reputation. On the other hand, 12% have imposed restrictions or prohibitions in situations in which they believed that the family’s good name had been threatened...” (10).
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-1, MURDER-DATA-2
“Between half a percent and 13% of the Bulgarian population confess that they know about forms of honour related violence in their own family or other families they keep in touch with…" (9). “Between 3% and 4% of Bulgarian citizens declare that they would exercise an act that is in reality some form of honour-related violence in order to protect the family’s reputation. On the other hand, 12% have imposed restrictions or prohibitions in situations in which they believed that the family’s good name had been threatened...” (10).
May 27, 2022, 11:45 a.m.
Countries: Serbia
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2
"According to the Ministry of Interior, 19 women were killed in domestic violence through September, at least five of whom had previously reported domestic violence" (25).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2
"According to the Ministry of Interior, 19 women were killed in domestic violence through September, at least five of whom had previously reported domestic violence" (25).
April 22, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
Countries: Canada
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2
"There have been four possible femicides in Quebec in 2022. There were 18 possible femicides in 2021" (para 9-10).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2
"There have been four possible femicides in Quebec in 2022. There were 18 possible femicides in 2021" (para 9-10).
March 19, 2022, 8:16 p.m.
Countries: Bolivia
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2
"Femicide cases in Bolivia are on the rise and total 70 so far this year, an issue that for organizations such as the Coordinadora de la Mujer (Women’s Coordinator) is the result of 'insufficient' prevention efforts and the acceptance of factors such as alcohol abuse and jealousy as a justification for gender violence. The average number of victims of male violence, almost 10 per month from January 1 through July 31, is a cause for concern for women’s rights organizations in a country with a population of 11.2 million. Director of Coordinadora de la Mujer Mónica Novillo said that one of the shortcomings 'in public policy is related to prevention...more
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2
"Femicide cases in Bolivia are on the rise and total 70 so far this year, an issue that for organizations such as the Coordinadora de la Mujer (Women’s Coordinator) is the result of 'insufficient' prevention efforts and the acceptance of factors such as alcohol abuse and jealousy as a justification for gender violence. The average number of victims of male violence, almost 10 per month from January 1 through July 31, is a cause for concern for women’s rights organizations in a country with a population of 11.2 million. Director of Coordinadora de la Mujer Mónica Novillo said that one of the shortcomings 'in public policy is related to prevention...more