Advocates for press freedom argue that misusing the femicide law to silence reporters is part of a larger threat to Guatemala’s fledgling democracy. Recent attacks on Judge Miguel Ángel Gálvez ...

Guatemala is still failing to take action over the high number of murders of women and girls in the country, according to Amnesty International. The rights group said there has been little progress ...

Guatemala's Public Ministry, in response to CBS News' questions, said that "on July 28, 2023, the Prosecutor's Office against the Crime of Femicide carried out search, inspection, registration and ...

Today, Costa Rica has a lower rate of femicide compared with its neighbours, Guatemala, El Salvador and Mexico. While the social and political circumstances of countries around the world may ...

Authorities are investigating her murder as a suspected femicide—a gender-based killing that has become disturbingly common in Mexico and many parts of the world. What Is Femicide, and Why Does ...

As these January headlines attest, 2023 is on pace to top previous years’ rates of femicide — the crime of men, nearly always current or former intimate partners, killing women. According to a ...

Today, Costa Rica has a lower rate of femicide compared with its neighbours, Guatemala, El Salvador and Mexico. While the social and political circumstances of countries around the world may differ, ...