26 de noviembre de 2020, 0:15
Santiago, Chile, Nov 26 (Prensa Latina) The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) expressed concern about persistent gender-based violence and femicides, which amounted to 4,640 in the region in 2019.
Santiago, Chile, Nov 26 (Prensa Latina) The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) expressed concern about persistent gender-based violence and femicides, which amounted to 4,640 in the region in 2019.
Data from ECLAC's Gender Equality Observatory for Latin America and the Caribbean indicate that 18 femicides were officially reported in Latin American nations and six in Caribbean countries in 2019.
The situation of women and girls has been aggravated during lockdown and mobility restrictions to fight Covid-19, limiting access to support networks and healthcare services.
ECLAC sets out this report prior to the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, on November 25, when 16 days of activism will be observed until Human Rights Day on December 10.
ECLAC Executive Secretary Alicia Barcena pointed out that gender-based violence occurs systematically in the region, knows no borders or ages and has impacts on workplaces, the street, schools, cyberspace and the homes themselves.
Surveys in the region's six countries state that two out of every three women have been victims of violence in different moments of their lives, and one in three has been a victim or experienced physical, psychological and/or sexual violence, by a perpetrator who was or is her partner.
According to ECLAC, the region's governments have arranged more than 90 measures to confront violence against women amid the Covid-19 pandemic, but adaptation to remote forms of aid, healthcare service saturation due to Covid-19 and mobility restrictions have affected the healthcare of those victims.
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The situation of women and girls has been aggravated during lockdown and mobility restrictions to fight Covid-19, limiting access to support networks and healthcare services.
ECLAC sets out this report prior to the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, on November 25, when 16 days of activism will be observed until Human Rights Day on December 10.
ECLAC Executive Secretary Alicia Barcena pointed out that gender-based violence occurs systematically in the region, knows no borders or ages and has impacts on workplaces, the street, schools, cyberspace and the homes themselves.
Surveys in the region's six countries state that two out of every three women have been victims of violence in different moments of their lives, and one in three has been a victim or experienced physical, psychological and/or sexual violence, by a perpetrator who was or is her partner.
According to ECLAC, the region's governments have arranged more than 90 measures to confront violence against women amid the Covid-19 pandemic, but adaptation to remote forms of aid, healthcare service saturation due to Covid-19 and mobility restrictions have affected the healthcare of those victims.
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