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This is a report by the United Nations Development Program, that provides Common standards designed and formulated to promote greater access to quality police and justice services for women and girls who have experienced gender-based or family violence. The Standards are intended to provide regional police and justice organizations with guidelines that can serve as a basis for their own approaches to addressing violence against women and girls and family violence, as well as strengthen their ability to positively influence the development and implementation of procedures followed by Caribbean States at the national level. 

Aproximadamente 1 de cada 3 mujeres y niñas mayores de 15 años han sufrido violencia física o sexual por parte de su pareja o violencia sexual fuera de la pareja a lo largo de su vida. Tanto el riesgo de violencia como los obstáculos a la hora de acceder a la atención y al apoyo son mayores para ciertos grupos de población, entre los que se encuentran las mujeres afrodescendientes, indígenas y de otros grupos étnicos de la Región. Este informe, publicado por la OPS/OMS, tiene como objetivos investigar este tema y, en base a los hallazgos, hacer un llamado a la acción a las partes interesadas de la Región de las Américas con el fin de prevenir este tipo de violencia

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) launched this toolkit, developed in collaboration with multiple countries, experts and the support of the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation. The kit, available in English and Spanish, includes key messages for health policymakers and managers interested in strengthening health administrative data on violence. Countries will be able to draw on a regional template for capturing data on intimate partner violence/sexual violence and care given to survivors, equipping health workers with practical tools to enhance the quality and consistency of the health system response.

Documento desarrollado en el marco del Programa OASIS-PACAM y aprobado en la Segunda Reunión Preparatoria celebrada el 13 de mayo de 2024 del Comité Consultivo de la Convención Interamericana contra la Fabricación y el Tráfico Ilícitos de Armas de Fuego, Municiones, Explosivos, y otros Materiales Relacionados (CIFTA).

Even before the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic, the home was a place of fear for many women and girls living in situations of violence. In Latin America, 70 percent of femicides occur in the victim’s home.

The quarantine and stay-at-home orders that governments adopted to address COVID-19 trapped many women with their abusers; evidence from early on in the pandemic reinforces the urgency of this issue. ORMUSA, or Organización de Mujeres Salvadoreña, in El Salvador reported 13 femicides in the first 6 weeks of quarantine between March 17 and April 29, 2020. In Argentina, 63 women and girls were killed because of their gender between March 20 and July 7. In the month of March 2020, 50 feminicides were recorded in just six states in Brazil. These statistics are alarming as the virus continues to spread across the Americas, raising fears that extended lockdowns will continue to exacerbate gender-based violence while governments struggle to address the twin public health crises.