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is largely due to the failure of Mexican authorities to
to protect perpetrators of femicide and understate
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discuss the phenomenon of femicide in Latin America,
femicide, such as raising European awareness of
the general disregard for human rights, they found it
necessary to examine the systematic and structural
discrimination against women and patriarchal role
perceptions that are tolerated and perpetuated
rights and the right to lead a self-determined life,
undermining their status as legal entities in the
process. The air of impunity surrounding these crimes
of the phenomenon, ending impunity, and forcing
handle the issue.
concern of the countries with data, especially in
and rates of femicide impunity that are “normally
femicide platform stated that the cause of femicide
is the persistence of sexism and misogyny, and
“social impunity continues and does not denounce
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Source: ABC News
After the US increased law enforcement on the
through their country. 31
70 percent of whom were females, according to
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