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The first half of 2023 witnessed a significant increase in femicides across Latin America and the Caribbean, underscoring a critical failure in current regional prevention policies. Despite the persistence of gender-based violence, the data reveal that most victims were killed by their partners or ex-partners, often following prior incidents that had already been reported to authorities. This pattern highlights that existing institutional mechanisms are inadequately 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 the majority of countries lacking official data for the period, 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 accurately monitor trends 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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