Women in Latin America protest the increasing violence towards women Duration: 03:46 In Latin America, the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the deep patriarchal schemes that seriously affect women in the region. Gender violence and femicides increased with confinement, which also left 23 million women in poverty, which led 6% of them to leave their jobs, and increased unpaid care workloads to 40%, according to the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). During her long presentation, Bárcena insisted on combating gender violence and the increase in femicides that fueled the health crisis, and that she called the shadow pandemic because it occurs in homes and is affecting women and girls. In Argentina, the femicide of young Úrsula Bahillo, who had denounced her ex-partner several times and was murdered on February 8 with 15 stab wounds, once again exposed the failures in the policies to prevent violence against women that, despite the progress in recent ye
Women in Latin America protest the increasing violence towards women
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High-level Authorities from the Region Will Analyze Fulfillment of Gender Equality Commitments in the Context of the Pandemic
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