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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)

http://nobelwomensinitiative.org/2012/06/from-survivors-to-defenders-women-confronting-violence-in-mexico-honduras-and-guatemala/?ref=18

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.....