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In Guatemala, women human rights defenders experience at least one attack each day on average, and an estimated eighty-three percent of these activists are land and natural resource defenders. [8] Resource exploitation is linked to gender-based violence against women. [9] As a result, indigenous women are primary victims of threats and violence ...
Gender relations in Guatemala examine how traditional norms influence the daily interactions and relationships between Guatemalan men and women. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In Guatemala 's societal structure, men and women are encouraged to participate in activities corresponding to their gender .
Laura Zachrisson Descamps (26 November 1920 – 10 June 1948) was a Guatemalan women's rights advocate and educator. She was one of the teachers who was shot during the teacher's protest which occurred on 25 June 1944. She was one of the founders of the women's rights group Comité Pro-Ciudadanía.
After colonisation, dispossession and decades of military violence, indigenous women in Guatemala are closing in on justice at last.
The Sociedad Gabriela Mistral was founded to campaign for women's rights, and named after Gabriela Mistral. It was founded by a woman who was denied the right to study at the university, and initially worked for women's rights to university education. The Sociedad succeeded with its campaign to achieve women's access to university in Guatemala.
Hilda Morales Trujillo is a lawyer in Guatemala who has become internationally known for her work in defending women's rights and as a campaigner for Guatemala's Network for Non-Violence Against Women. In 2004 she shared the Amnesty International Ambassador of Conscience Award with Mary Robinson.
A Guatemalan appeals court on Friday disobeyed a ruling from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights by ordering the release of three former high-ranking military officers convicted of crimes ...
In 2013, the crime rate increased to where there was roughly 6,000 homicides per year in Guatemala. These violent killings included deaths of women and children. Not to mention, groups of women and organization began to fight for their rights and security after many years of being silenced. [5]