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Impunity encourages femicides
Jennifer Ávila

Number of violent deaths of women continues to increase.

Despite the fact that Honduras is a signatory to two important conventions on women’s rights and has approved laws to protect women, the state is still blind to the reality that kills the women of Honduras, points out Nohemy Dubon, defender of the human rights of women.see more

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