Some 228 feminicides occurred in 2020 in Venezuela, or 36.52% more than the previous year, announced Wednesday, November 25 a specialized association, the day of the International Day of the United Nations for the elimination of violence against the women.
“We have seen an alarming increase
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said Aimeé Zambrano, coordinator of the independent organization Monitor de Feminicidios, linked to the digital platform Utopix.
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According to the Monitor, 159 of those 228 murders occurred after lockdown was introduced in the country in mid-March.
Dozens of women demonstrated in front of the Caracas courthouse and other public buildings, chanting in particular:
"We are being murdered, we women!"
The Venezuelan government stopped giving official feminicide figures in 2016, after announcing 121 for 2015.
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