Femicides on the Rise in Nicaragua during 2021 On International Women’s Day, last March 8, women demonstrated inside the grounds of the Central American University due to a State ban on all public protests. Photo: Courtesy. On International Women’s Day, last March 8, women demonstrated inside the grounds of the Central American University due to a State ban on all public protests. Photo: Courtesy.
A monitoring by Catholics for the Right to Decide documented 19 femicides and 41 frustrated femicides from January 1 to April 7
11 abril, 2021
Gender violence continues to increase in Nicaragua. In the first three months of 2021, according to the monitoring of Catholics for the Right to Decide, at least 19 femicides and 41 frustrated homicides were documented. These figures that exceed the 17 femicides and 30 frustrated femicides that the organization reported in the same period of 2020.