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The increased militarization of Guatemala has resulted in abuse and mistreatment of the people of Guatemala. [24] Militarism spreads a perception of brutality and makes it easier to access weapons, which makes the rates of domestic violence against women go up. [8] Guatemala's military has a substantial history of human rights violations. [25]
The Guatemalan Civil War began in 1960 between the government and leftist actors, and it resulted in over 200,000 deaths. [5] Sources cite the history of conflict in Guatemala as rendering communities accustomed to violence today, and the extension of incompetent or corrupt state institutions facilitates the impunity associated with such violence. [6]
24 July: Authorities announce the arrival of 600 refugees from Mexico fleeing drug-related violence in Chiapas. [ 10 ] 29 July: The Guatemalan government grants temporary resident permits to over 200 Mexicans , mostly children, on humanitarian grounds as they escape drug violence.
Ni una menos (Spanish: [ni ˈuna ˈmenos]; Spanish for "Not one [woman] less") is a Latin American fourth-wave [1] [2] grassroots [3] feminist movement, which started in Argentina and has spread across several Latin American countries, that campaigns against gender-based violence.
[11] [14] As a result, men’s actions, such as domestic violence, are justified. [11] Some women who endure toxic masculinity, specifically K'iche' Maya women, have reported developing mental health issues, including anxiety. [13] In modern Guatemala, machismo takes several forms outside of family relationships and domestic abuse.
[26] [27] Information collected from Guatemala shows that violence is seen as an appropriate and justified manner of "discipline" for a husband, or man in a relationship. [20] Marianismo, by contrast, conceives of women and traditional femininity as domestic, inferior, self-sacrificing, and accommodating of male aggression and violence. [26]
A UN report compiled from a number of different studies conducted in at least 71 countries found domestic violence against women to be most prevalent in Ethiopia. [103] A study by Pan American Health Organization conducted in 12 Latin American countries found the highest prevalence of domestic violence against women to be in Bolivia. [104]
In Australia, domestic violence refers to occurrences of violence in domestic settings between people in intimate relationships. [272] The term can be altered by each state's legislation and can broaden the spectrum of domestic violence, such as in Victoria, where familial relationships and witnessing any type of violence in the family is ...