Uruguay has one of the highest femicide rates on the continent. Women elected in 2019 represented only 19% of Parliament.
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women warns about the low political participation of women in key positions in the Uruguayan State. Uruguay, according to ECLAC, is the third country in Latin America with the highest rate of femicides (1.6 per 100,000 women), only behind the Dominican Republic (2.9) and Honduras (6)