Guatemala-Killings of Women-Call for Investigation & Justice
Author: Womens UN Report Network
Date: June 12, 2006
Guatemala Pressed to Investigate Surge in Killings |
Run Date: 06/12/06 |
By Bojana Stoparic WeNews correspondent |
A U.S delegation is traveling to Guatemala this summer to raise |
UNITED NATIONS (WOMENSENEWS)–In the first four months of this year, Like the other 1,800 women who have been killed in that country since During the past five years, only 14 of these murder cases have been While far more men than women are murdered in Guatemala, the rate at “The gall with which these women are killed is telling women that they Over 100 members of Congress signed a letter in May asking the U.S. Sponsored by three Democratic congressional representatives from This summer, the Washington-based Guatemala Human Rights Commission/USA International Vigilance Sought“Only through international vigilance can change happen,” Batzibal told An Amnesty International report last year found insufficient financial “Violence against women is acceptable not just in pop culture, but also About a third of the murders are thought to be committed within the Batzibal told Women’s eNews she sees disturbing similarities to murders The conflict between the military government and leftist Batzibal said the failure to hold accountable those responsible for the “Justice has never been part of Guatemala,” she said. Amnesty’s Kozma drew a parallel between Guatemala and Juarez, Mexico, “In both places, the murders are a very clear manifestation of what Escalating Murder RateGuatemala, with a population of 14 million, has faced escalating murder The percentage of Guatemalan female murder victims has risen even More disconcerting than the four-fold increase in female murders has In May, the Paris-based International Federation of Human Rights Widely seen as an international women’s bill of rights, CEDAW was Batzibal acknowledged that the government had made some attempts to Femicide Commission in GuatemalaGuatemalan officials told the U.N. committee that the country has In the past year, four new positions were created for district The U.N. committee members, however, continued to express concern over Guatemala established a national Female Homicide Unit in 2004 with 15 Human rights activists say that Guatemala has a track record of The United States was one of six “Friends of Guatemala” countries that The United States provides $45 million in development aid to Guatemala “This is one case where U.S.-based activism is likely to have a Bojana Stoparic is a freelance writer based in New |
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