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Guatemalans scale volcano to protest domestic violence

January 23, 2012
MSNBC

Thousands of people, one after the other, climbed to the top of a dormant volcano in Guatemala over the weekend, ascending the 12,352-foot slope of the Volcan de Agua (Volcano of Water).

They weren’t on an adventure excursion though. It was a mega protest against domestic violence, which included 12,000 women, children, and men (including Guatemala’s new president Otto Perez Molina).

Look at the photos here. 

Guatemala: Women-only buses against sexual harassment

June 24, 2011
IPS

"We are all safer here; it's great because this way there are no men groping you," Jaqueline Escobar, a sales executive, told IPS on a bus that is exclusively for women, a service against sexual harassment that is being tried out in the Guatemalan capital.

Guatemala City's mass transit system, Transurbano, launched a pilot programme on Jun. 14 with dozens of buses identified with signs reading "For Women Only" and pink ribbons, which run between the city centre and neighbourhoods to the north and south. 

From Guatemala: What God was thinking when he created women

June 9, 2011
First Person - Oxfam


A creation myth reminds survivors of violence of their capabilities and value.

When Ines Santizo was a young girl her mother woke her up on the middle of the night and told her to get out of the house: Her stepfather was coming home in a drunk and violent state. Before Ines could escape, her stepfather kicked her in the face and broke her nose. “My mother thought I was going to die, there was so much blood,” Ines said. “I swore right then that I would never allow a man to treat me like that again.”

Guatemala: Government must act to stop the killing of women

March 7, 2011


Amnesty International today urged the Guatemalan authorities to act to stop the high numbers of women being killed across the country and ensure perpetrators are brought to justice, ahead of International Women’s Day on 8 March. 

Guatemala: No Protection, No Justice: Killings of Women and Girls in Guatemala

June, 2005
Amnesty International

This report, part of AI Stop Violence Against Women Campaign, was published 9 June 2005.

Guatemala: No protection, no justice: killings of women (an update)

June, 2006
Amnesty International

Guatemala: No protection, no justice: killings of women (an update)

http://www.amnesty.ca/resource_centre/reports/view.php?load=arcview&arti...

At approximately 9:30 pm on 27 July 2005, 20-year-old university student Cristina Hernández(1) was forced nto a grey car outside her home by four men. Neighbours witnessed the abduction and immediately alerted her father who later related:

Impunity Fuels Violence Against Women

November 24, 2007
IPS

"I still have the scar," says Valeria Díaz, running her hand over the mark left by her husband when he beat her eight years ago. "But it's nothing compared to what I have here," she adds, pointing to her head, in allusion to the psychological damages left by his abuse.