Femicide is a crime involving the

STANDING IN SOLIDARITY

deliberate, gender motivated killing

WITH

Many states do not use the term

femicide to define this crime in their
criminal codes complicating the
search for accurate statistics.

#NosotrasParamos
OCTOBER 2016

#NiUnaMenos
#VivasNosQueremos
#TodasSomosEllas

of women.

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16 year old Lucia Perez was

drugged, raped, impaled and
murdered on October 9, 2016. Her

violent death, as well as those

before and after her, has inspired
thousands to take their voices to
the streets to protest the
perpetuation, systematization and
naturalization of gender-based
violence and sexism across the
globe.

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In an urgent response to the

outrageous number of femicides
(female homicides) and violence
perpetuated against women in
Latin America and worldwide,
#NosotrasParamos (Us Women We
Stand/We Stop) is a female-driven
labour strike that is mainly based
within Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Peru,
Bolivia and with participating
individuals around the world.

The U.N. Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment

of Women, 2 women are murdered in average every day in

Out of the 25 countries

Guatemala. Unofficial estimates put the number of victims

(worldwide) with the highest

at over 700 femicides per year.

The Center of Womens

femicide rates, more than half

reside within the Americas.

Rights (CDM) establishes

that in Honduras, one

More than 92,000 women

woman is murdered every 16

were murdered in Brazil

hours. The United Nations

Official data gathered by the Equality

Observatory of Latin America and the

between 1980 and 2010 and is

reported, in 2014, that 95% of

at 7th place internationally for

cases of sexual violence

the murder of women

and femicide in Honduras

Caribbean of ECLAC esteems that in 2014

(UNWomen).

were never investigated.

alone 1903 women were murdered in 18

different Latin American and Caribbean
nations due to their gender.

Most murders originate within domestic

A report ordered by the Minister

indigenous women are especially at risk of

of Health revealed that in Perus

becoming victims of femicide, since they do not

dictatorial government under

benefit to the same extent as their non-

Fujimori, over 330000 women

indigenous counterparts from services that

were forcibly sterilized.

would otherwise protect them from violence

and enhance their ability to seek redress.

situations. Violence against women

account of economic, social and cultural

ARGENTINA

inequalities that operate in society

Within the last 8 years, an estimate of 2100 women have lost their

through power relations between genders.

lives in Argentina due to femicide and Gender violence. Protests

within Argentina address the issue of lack of policies for women

Although only 20 countries have laws on

trans and queer members for legal and safe protective policies.

aboriginal women.

allocate resources in their national budgets

been estimated as murdered by femicide.

Between 1980 to 2014,

(CEPAL). The governments disregard for

FURTHER LEARNING
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women are more likely to

be murdered than non-

Since the mobilization of NiUnaMas in 2015, 275 women have

within social spheres (COHA).

In Canada, aboriginal

within their current government, including the representation of

violence against women, 40% (8 countries)

legislation fails to ensure womens safety

(U.N., 2014)

statistics show that of 6,849

MAMACITA

6.5 Women in Mexico go

female homicides, 1,073

missing daily, with just 10

were aboriginal women.

people sentenced for a crime

between 2012-2013. The first
reported case, in 1993, marked
In Lima, Peru, 90% of women
(between 18 and 29 years old) have
experienced street harassment.
In Chile, 6 out of 10 women have

an era of death tolls for

women that estimates around
34000 victims in between

suffered of harassment in public

1985-2005, and has been

spaces, especially in transit.

considered as pandemic.

67% of Canadians say they have

personally known at least one
woman who has experienced
physical or sexual abuse.