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countries with the highest rates of femicides also tend
within countries such as Mexico where the national
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A Culture of Gender Discrimination: Machismo and
misogyny
In Guatemala, a societal tolerance and perpetuation
women increasingly must support their households
singlehandedly, forcing them to search for outside
has also seen an appalling rise. On the military front,
Unit of approximately one million men were trained
to commit acts of emotional and physical gendered
through any program to transition from this wartime
mentality. 23
Corruption and Impunity
to the police is often not a safe option as so many
24 In Guatemala, as those who are
their gender. In 2011 the Guatemalan Congress made
resolution, “State institutions are to act with the
greatest of speed and due diligence in cases of
The underlying impunity and corruption present
femicides continually increases. According to INEGI
(The National Institute of Statistics Geography and
including disappearances of women that continue
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