Guatemala has one of the highest rates of deadly violence against women, or femicide, in the world — 7,357 violent deaths tallied between 2008 and 2017 by the nonprofit Grupo Guatemalteco de ...

Guatemala has become an epicenter of violence in Central America. Violence against women in particular has hit record levels. Amnesty International reports 717 women were killed in 2009.

Domestic violence looms over Guatemala on whatsapp (opens in a new window) Save By Adam Thomson in Guatemala City. Published January 21 2012. Jump to comments section Print this page.

Guatemala grants temporary residency to Mexican minors who fled violence - Guatemala’s government has given temporary residency to 207 Mexicans, mostly children, on humanitarian grounds, after ...

Guatemala is far from a safe haven. Violent crime, institutional corruption and domestic abuse are epidemic. The country has the world’s third-highest rate of femicide — and those who kill ...

In an opinion issued on June 11, 2018, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said that victims of domestic and gang violence will no longer qualify for asylum in the United States.Since 2014, women from ...

Guatemala City, Guatemala – ... Judges Yassmin Barrios and Gelvi Sical on Monday ruled that 36 Indigenous Maya Achi women had been subjected to domestic slavery, sexual violence and rape during ...

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala’s government has given temporary residency to 207 Mexicans, mostly children, on humanitarian grounds, after they fled across the border last week to escape drug ...