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WOMEN CONFRONTING VIOLENCE IN
MEXICO, HONDURAS, GUATEMALA - FROM SURVIVORS TO DEFENDERS
Direct Link to Full 48-Page Report:
http://nobelwomensinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Report_AmericasDelgation-2012.pdf?ref=18
Nobel
Women’s Initiative and Just Associates
(JASS)
From Survivors to
Defenders: Women Confronting Violence in Mexico, Honduras & Guatemala follows a 10-day delegation to Mexico,
Honduras and Guatemala led by Nobel Peace Laureates Jody Williams and Rigoberta Menchú Tum in January 2012. The
fact-finding mission investigated the impact of the war on drugs
and increased mining operations on the lives of women.
The delegation
found that violence
against women is reaching crisis dimensions in Mexico, Honduras
and Guatemala. In the last decade, femicides
have risen by alarming rates – as much as 257% in Honduras.
Indigenous women and women human rights defenders are particularly vulnerable
to attacks, which include
rape, torture, murder, and forced disappearances.
Alarmingly, more than 95% of crimes go without
punishment. Most are never even investigated by
authorities.....