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The first half of 2023 saw a significant rise in femicides across Latin America and the Caribbean, highlighting a critical failure in current regional prevention policies. Despite the persistence of gender-based violence, the data reveals that most victims were killed by partners or ex-partners, often after prior incidents had already been reported to authorities. This pattern underscores that existing institutional mechanisms are insufficiently equipped to protect women from escalating threats and fatal violence. From an open data perspective, this report exposes severe limitations in the systematic collection and reporting of gender-disaggregated statistics. With a majority of countries lacking official data for the period, the reliance on civil society organizations to compile these figures creates gaps and inconsistencies. The absence of intersectional data and the underreporting of cases obscure the true scale of the crisis, making it difficult to implement evidence-based interventions or hold states accountable for their statistical obligations. The relevance of this article to open data lies in the urgent need for transparent, standardized, and publicly accessible official statistics on violence against women. Relying on fragmented non-governmental data hinders comprehensive analysis and effective policy-making. Improving data quality and coverage is essential not only to monitor trends accurately but also to evaluate the impact of legal frameworks and ensure that public resources are directed toward preventive measures that genuinely safeguard the lives of women and children in the region.

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Published on 2023-11-25

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