Documentary: In Latin America, A Woman Is Attacked Every 3 Days
According to a 2012 and 2013 Gallup poll, Latin Americans are the least likely in the world to say women in their countries are treated with respect and dignity.
The countries which ranked lowest in percentage of those who said their women were treated with dignity and respect were Brazil, Guatemala, Trinidad and Tobago, Colombia and Peru (only 1 in 5 residents in Peru and Colombia said their women are treated with respect).
Results by continent showed:
The documentary you are about to watch shares life stories of some women in parts of Latin America, the violence they face, what seems like society’s indifference to their plight and how some activists are working to help.
DOCUMENTARY INTRO
In Latin America, where machismo still determines the relationship between the sexes, femicides are particularly common. Femicide is the murder of women simply because of their gender. Filmmaker Paula Rodriguez Sickert traveled through the Andean countries of Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru and tells the stories of three women who were attacked or killed because they wanted to live their lives their own way.
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Katya Cabezas Quintero and her family. She survived her boyfriend’s attempt to kill her with a machete but lost her right hand. (DM.com photo)
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