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Weekly Report - 03 December 2015 (WR-15-48)

REGION: Femicides – finally getting more attention

At least 1,678 women were killed for gender reasons in 2014 in 14 Latin American and three Caribbean countries, according to the Gender Equality Observatory for Latin America and the Caribbean, an initiative of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (Eclac). Femicide is particularly acute in Central America. According to the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), the problem is worst in Honduras and Guatemala, followed by the Dominican Republic.

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