WUNRN
Central America Women's Network
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LATIN AMERICA - CAWN RESEARCH REPORT
ON INTERSECTING
ISSUES OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND
POVERTY
18 October
2010
The Central
America Women’s Network (CAWN) is releasing its latest research report, 'Intersecting
Violences. A review of feminist theories and debates on violence against women
and poverty in Latin America' which seeks to better understand and
challenge the multiple interlinking factors that perpetuate violence against
women (VAW) and women’s poverty in Latin America, both of which have seen an
alarming increase in recent years.
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VAW is reaching a pandemic scale and it is estimated that at least one
in every three women worldwide has been a victim of violence in her lifetime,
which includes physical, psychological, economic, and cultural violence (UNIFEM
2010).
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Femicide (the killing of women) is the most extreme manifestation in the
continuum of violence against women.
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9603 women and girls have been reported as victims of femicide in
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Over 6,000 incidences of VAW were reported in
·
The HIV burden appears to be growing among women and indigenous
populations in
In commissioning this research report, CAWN recognises
the importance of bringing new approaches to work on challenging VAW, while
utilising existing knowledge. The report considers the benefits of applying an
intersectional approach to the complex and interrelated web of factors
contributing to women’s poverty and violence in
“Women’s
exposure to violence is related to their position in the multiple systems of
inequality and shows a tendency to increase as these systems intersect,
creating
layers of discrimination and exclusion for different groups of women” (Ertürk
2005: 8).
Building on existing research into intersectionality
from Latin America, the
Katherine Ronderos
Programme & Advocacy Co-ordinator
CAWN - Central America Women's Network
(Coordinadora de Programas y Abogacia)
Telephone:
+44 (0) 207 833 4174
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