Fighting Gender Violence: What Brazil, Argentina and Others Are Doing
Fighting Gender Violence: What Brazil, Argentina and Others Are Doing
By
Rebecca Bintrim
Latin America is among the most violent regions in the world for women. Here's a country-by-country breakdown of how governments are responding.
Isamara Filier, 41, was at a New Year's party in Campinas, Brazil when her ex-husband opened fire on partygoers, killing her and eleven others. Filier and her ex-husband had been fighting for custody of their eight-year-old son, who was also among those killed.
Hours later in El Alto, Bolivia, Jenny Mamani, 21, was beaten to death by a...
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