Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The increased militarization of Guatemala has resulted in abuse and mistreatment of the people of Guatemala. [24] Militarism spreads a perception of brutality and makes it easier to access weapons, which makes the rates of domestic violence against women go up. [8] Guatemala's military has a substantial history of human rights violations. [25]
Common crime violence has exacerbated the situation for women, creating a dual upsurge in both of gender-based violence and femicide in Guatemala. According to the UN, two women are murdered on average each day in Guatemala. [8] As shown by high rates of domestic abuse, females also face more vulnerabilities of private violence while young ...
Near the end of their trip, they took a tour bus from Guatemala City to the rural community of Xojola, and had passed by Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa on their way to Xojola when they were attacked. [4] At about 3:30 pm on January 16, 1998, their bus was forced off the road by at least four gunmen (seven according to a later report by CBC News [ 5
After colonisation, dispossession and decades of military violence, indigenous women in Guatemala are closing in on justice at last. After colonisation, dispossession and decades of military ...
Females in Guatemala are high danger as they become easy target for any men in high power, whether is government officials, military officials, or drug trafficking. As the population of female is increasing, the homicide rate have also increased greatly with women of ages 16–30 are the victims. [13]
More than 500 people in southern Mexico have fled to neighboring Guatemala this week amid armed clashes between criminal groups fighting over drug trafficking routes and other crimes, authorities ...
The threat of violence and femicide inhibits the freedom and can have serious consequences on the mental and physical health of women in Latin America. [32] Violence with femicide risk has increased the likelihood of women to suffer from conditions that impact their mental health like depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and anxiety, due ...
Women in the Americas or the women who now populate what is known as North America, Central America, the Caribbean and South America arrived via migration. Many origin stories of the Native peoples who populated the Americas contain themes of the people arriving via another place, whether that is from the ground or from waters, and journeying ...