The pandemic in the shadows: femicides or feminicides in 2020 in Latin America and the Caribbean

As part of the campaign “UNiTE by 2030 to End Violence against Women”, in 2020 the United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, urged all governments to make prevention and redress of gender-based violence against women and girls a key part of their national response plans to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. This call was answered by 146 Member and observer States, which expressed strong support for this goal and a commitment to accelerate concrete policy responses to gender-based violence in the context of COVID-19, as well as to promote zero tolerance of gender-based violence in all spheres of society and everywhere.