Andean Group - January 2016 (ISSN 1741-4466)

The United Nations (UN) Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) recently warned about the high numbers of femicide in Latin America and the Caribbean – a problem which continues to afflict the Andean sub-region. According to the latest Eclac figures for the countries for which figures were available, Colombia registered the highest rate of femicides overall in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2014.

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