Gender violence

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Assistant prosecutor for women's affairs Roxanna Reyes says that the number of cases of violence against women has exceeded the prosecutor general's capacity to deal with the situation. Reyes said that the number of feminicides indicates that there is an emergency situation that requires attention and a resounding response. She said that more than 1,200 women have lost their lives in gender violence in the last five years and that 80% of the victims in these cases had never filed a complaint with the prosecutor general. She said that more than 62,000 gender violence complaints had been reported to the authorities in 2010. As of August this year, 157 women have died as victims of violence, of which 86 occurred due to violence in the home.

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