1 day ago · Femicide is a serious problem in Argentina. Last year alone, there were nearly three hundred reported cases. Néstor “Yuyo” García, whose daughter, Micaela García, was a victim of femicide ...

2 days ago · In Argentina, femicide is an aggravated form of homicide, defined as a murder committed by a man against a woman in the context of gender-based violence.

3 days ago · Femicide — the murder of a woman by a man because of her gender — was added to Argentina's penal code as a specific offence in 2012, and is punishable with a life sentence.

On January 24, Argentina’s Minister of Justice Mariano Cúneo Libarona warned on X that the government of President Javier Milei would seek to eliminate femicide from the penal code on the ...

Mar 1, 2024 · Femicides in Argentina, already at a record level last year, have increased further in the first two months of 2024, a report from a local observatory on Friday showed, with more than one...

Jan 25, 2025 · However, the femicide figures are alarming: according to data from the feminist organization Mujeres de la Matria Latinoamericana (Mumalá), Argentina recorded 255 femicides in the past year. The elimination of this legal figure could have significant implications for the protection of women and for the recognition of gender violence as a ...

Mar 1, 2024 · Femicides in Argentina, already at a record level last year, have increased further in the first two months of 2024, a report from a local observatory on Friday showed, with more than one killing per day underscoring the deadly threat to women.

Nov 25, 2024 · In the last ten years, Argentina has recorded over 2,400 femicides, resulting in at least 2,047 children losing their mothers. This alarming statistic was presented by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and UN Women as …

Jan 17, 2020 · Natalia’s death has added to the brutal femicide statistics in Argentina, where one woman is killed every 32 hours, according to the Women’s Office of the Supreme Court of Justice. Thousands of...

Feb 24, 2021 · Femicide of 18-year-old Ursula Bahillo pushed thousands into the streets of Buenos Aires this month to demand action.