Dec 8, 2021 · Honduras has the highest femicide rate in the Latin American region, with 6.2 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. In 2020, 278 women were murdered in the country and, as of …

Mar 15, 2023 · Honduras has been named on several occasions the worst place in the world to be a woman. High levels of gender-based violence persist in a climate of chronic generalised …

Nov 23, 2020 · Violence against women in Honduras is widespread. Honduras has alarming rates of femicide, rape, and assault experienced by women, both inside and outside the home.

Additionally, multiple individual cases from Honduras will expose the traumatic impact that domestic violence has on a woman, how it leads to feminicide, and thereby, concluding that …

Survivors of domestic violence were entitled to certain protective measures, such as removing the abuser from the home and prohibiting the abuser from visiting the victim’s workplace or other …

Oct 11, 2023 · With the combination of a safe space, increased awareness, and legislation that supports victims, we can foster a societal paradigm shift towards intolerance of domestic …

Aug 8, 2020 · Only 15 cases of femicide in Honduras have resulted in convictions since the country criminalized femicide in 2013. These cases are brought before a justice system that is …

Mar 5, 2024 · Gender-based violence continues to affect women and girls in Honduras and Guatemala, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) warned after analyzing data collected …

May 3, 2017 · The unholy violence of Honduras has propelled a river of women and children towards America’s southern border, part of what the UN has called an “invisible refugee crisis.”

Jul 10, 2014 · An independent United Nations human rights expert has urged the Government of Honduras to address the culture of widespread impunity for crimes against women and girls, …