Latin American women are disappearing and dying under lockdown
- Written by Lynn Marie Stephen, Philip H. Knight Chair, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, Graduate Faculty Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies, University of Oregon
Funeral for a woman and her 11-year-old daughter, both found dead inside a burnt out vehicle in Puebla state, Mexico, June 11, 2020. Jose Castanares/AFP via Getty Images)It’s a pandemic within the pandemic. Across Latin America, gender-based violence has spiked since COVID-19 broke out.
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