femicides

France registers 11% increase in femicides

Published on: October 31, 2025
09:37

Paris, Oct 31 (Prensa Latina) France registered 107 femicides last year, an 11% increase compared to 2023, according to a report released by the Ministry of the Interior.

Some 50 femicides in the Dominican Republic, an urgent call to action

Published on: November 25, 2024
10:46

Santo Domingo, Nov 25 (Prensa Latina) Sixty-four years after the murder of the Mirabal sisters by the Trujillo dictatorship in the Dominican Republic, the violent deaths of at least 47 women in 2024 corroborates that public policies are insufficient to stop this scourge.

Women’s deaths in homicides affect Costa Rican society

Published on: September 17, 2024
12:39

San Jose, Sep 17 (Prensa Latina) Crimes against Costa Rican women, serious crimes in the country, is experiencing an increase with the homicides of 52 women this year, generally there are about 600 violent deaths a year.

ECLAC reports more than 4,000 feminicides in Latin America in 2022

Published on: November 25, 2023
00:15

Santiago, Chile, Nov 25 (Prensa Latina) At least 4,500 women were murdered due to gender-related reasons in 2022 in the region, according to statistics published here by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).

El Salvador reports 38 femicides until October 2023

Published on: October 21, 2023
00:45

San Salvador, Oct 21 (Prensa Latina) An estimated 38 Salvadorian women were victims of femicides from January to October 17, 2023, the Observatory for Gender Violence of the Organization of Salvadoran Women for Peace (ORMUSA) reported.

Ecuadorian activists will march against femicide and sexist violence

Published on: September 11, 2023
09:18

Quito, Sep 11 (Prensa Latina) Human rights activists will march against femicide and sexist violence in Ecuador on Monday.

Growing femicides in eight Guatemalan departments

Published on: August 18, 2023
17:53

Guatemala City, Aug 18 (Prensa Latina) Guatemala’s toll of femicides from January to July of 2023 reflects on Friday a rise in eight departments compared to the same period of 2022, revealed an official entity.

Violence increases in Dominican streets on weekends

Published on: July 24, 2023
08:12

Santo Domingo, Jul 24 (Prensa Latina) The increase of violence is something common in the Dominican Republic, especially on weekends, when the news outlets speak, as today, of femicides, robberies and disappearances occurred in the last hours.

President Arce urges the police to lead the fight against femicides

Published on: June 27, 2023
16:56

La Paz, Jun 27 (Prensa Latina) President Luis Arce on Tuesday urged the Bolivian Police on its 197th anniversary to lead the fight against femicides while ensuring the safety and welfare of all the people.

56 women murdered last year in Chile

Published on: May 19, 2023
08:51

Santiago de Chile, May 19 (Prensa Latina) A total of 56 women murders occurred in Chile in 2022, according to a report published by "Red contra la Violencia hacia las Mujeres" ( Network against Violence towards Women), an organization considered one of the most active fighters facing these crimes.

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