Caribbean & Central America - August 2012 (ISSN 1741-4458)

There has been an alarming increase in extreme forms of violence and in violations of women’s human rights in Mexico and Central America in recent years. A major reason for this escalation is that governments in the region lack the capacity or the political will to guarantee women’s rights and safety even when they recognise this is a problem and thus the perpetrators act with a high level of impunity.

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