Violence against women in Guatemala reached severe levels during the long-running Guatemalan Civil War (1960-1996), and the continuing impact of that conflict...

Violence against women (VAW), also known as gender-based violence and sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), is violent acts primarily committed by men...

Violence against women in Mexico includes different forms of gender-based violence. It may consist of emotional, physical, sexual, and/or mental abuse...

the Elimination of Violence Against Women defined domestic violence as: Physical, sexual and psychological violence occurring in the family, including...

Violence against women in the United States is the use of domestic abuse, murder, sex-trafficking, rape and assault against women in the United States...

Violence against women in Peru is defined as harassment or violence propagated against those who are born women. Intimate partner violence (IPV) is the...

as slaughters, violence and injury, and, namely, disease (especially measles). In a letter from numerous Guatemalan Utatecan chiefs in Jocotenango, it...

prostitution experience higher levels of violence against them than the general population of women. A long-term study published in 2004 estimated the homicide rate...

was a Guatemalan beauty pageant titleholder and left-wing political activist. After she won the 1959 Miss Guatemala, she joined the Guatemalan Party of...

Genocide: Political Violence in Guatemala. Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. Carmack, Robert. Harvest of Violence: The Maya Indians and the Guatemalan Crisis. University...

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is domestic violence by a current or former spouse or partner in an intimate relationship against the other spouse or partner...

December 1977) is a Guatemala City mother of two children whose disappearance and possible murder by her husband early in July 2011 resulted in an extensive...

various Violence Against Women Acts have been passed by the US Congress in an attempt to stem this tide. Victimization from domestic violence transcends...

During the trial the Guatemalan national court examined the military strategies implemented against Q’eqchi’ indigenous women from the community of Sepur...

exacerbated gender violence and discrimination against women in Iraq, limiting women's movement and opportunities. The Yazidi women have been severely...

Crime and violence affect the lives of millions of people in Latin America. Some consider social inequality to be a major contributing factor to levels...

highest crime and violence rates in Central America are El Salvador and Honduras. In the 1990s Guatemala had four cities feature in Latin America's top...

Violence against indigenous women often has higher rates than violence against non‐indigenous women.[where?][citation needed] Many indigenous communities...

Senta Tushin. 3: 23–38. Cabinet Office, Gender Equality Bureau. "Violence against Women" (PDF). gender.go.jp. Japanese Gender Equality Bureau Cabinet Office...

Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence. It was estimated in 2012 that 40 percent of women have experienced physical sexual violence. About...

anti-discrimination measures, and reforms to the penal code (in particular with regard to crimes of violence against women). The Etruscan civilization (/ɪˈtrʌskən/ ih-TRUS-kən)...

relations in Guatemala examine how traditional norms influence the daily interactions and relationships between Guatemalan men and women. In Guatemala's societal...

setting up women's committees, 'zhensoviets,' which campaigned for women's emancipation and intervened in cases of violence against women. Alpern-Engel...

various leftist rebel groups. The Guatemalan government forces committed genocide against the Maya population of Guatemala during the civil war and there...

However, violence against women had been rising in the area. In July 1997, a public bus was hijacked[where?] with everyone being robbed and five women, including...

people in Guatemala face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBTQ residents. Both male and female forms of same-sex sexual activity are legal in Guatemala...

Status of Women,” to address women’s rights. The stated objectives of this committee are to prevent discrimination, combat violence against women, and promote...

of sexual violence. The account was started by Nadeen Ashraf who wanted to enable women to have a voice and make their concerns heard. In July 2021,...

Violence against Women, 8.2% of Armenian women suffered domestic abuse and violence in 2021. Armenia has been lacking well-established laws against domestic aggression...

interest or the dignity of the husband or his wife. Women have no legal protection against domestic violence or sexual harassment by anyone, and the constitution...