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AMERICAS AT A CROSSROADS IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19

Amnesty International, 2020

Blog post

Faced with an unprecedented pandemic, governments across the Americas have begun to respond to COVID-19 in a variety of ways, ranging from calling for states of emergencies, to imposing travel bans, to implementing quarantines. Stakes are high and the way governments respond to this pandemic could determine the future of millions of people.

Governments are ultimately responsible for protecting people and their human rights but have often failed to do so in the Americas. Deep inequality, structural discrimination, a tendency to revert to repressive policing, censorship, underfunded public health systems, and inadequate social security and labour protections long predate the outbreak of COVID-19 in the region.

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/research/2020/03/americas-at-a-crossroads-in-response-to-covid19/?utm_source=NGO+Working+Group+on+Women%2C+Peace+and+Security+Mailing+List&utm_campaign=776ec514a2-The+Gendered+Impact+of+COVID-19&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0b63a77eb3-776ec514a2-137557946

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I Didn’t Have Anywhere to Run’: Migrant Women Are Facing a Rape Epidemic

Anna-Cat Brigida, 2016

An estimated 60 to 80 percent of female migrants from Central America are sexually assaulted on their journey—and perpetrators often act with total impunity. As thousands of Central American women weigh the risks of migrating to the US each year, they must take into account an extra peril: An estimated 80 percent of female migrants from Central America are victims of sexual abuse at the hands of criminal groups, human smugglers, or corrupt officials during the journey.

https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/evgg9j/i-didnt-have-anywhere-to-run-migrant-women-are-facing-a-rape-epidemic

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TRIAL International

TRIAL International is a non-governmental organization fighting impunity for international crimes and supporting victims in their quest for justice. TRIAL International takes an innovative approach to the law, paving the way to justice for survivors of unspeakable sufferings. The organization provides legal assistance, litigates cases, develops local capacity and pushes the human rights agenda forward.

https://trialinternational.org/who-we-are/

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Lightening the Load of the Parental Death Penalty on Children

Oliver Robertson and Rachel Brett, 2013

One of the little-asked questions in debates over the death penalty is what happens to the children of the offender. The arrest, sentencing and (potential)execution of a parent affect children greatly, but they receive little consideration and less support.

http://www.quno.org/sites/default/files/resources/Lightening%20the%20Load.Web_.EN_.pdf

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Preliminary adaptations for working with traumatized Latino/Hispanic children and their families

NCTSN

It is important to provide culturally sensitive trauma-informed treatment to Latino/Hispanic clients. While many of the following recommendations are good practice when working with Latino/Hispanic clients, it is also important to remain flexible. The intervention that works with one family may not be appropriate for another.

http://www.nctsn.org/nctsn_assets/pdfs/culture_and_trauma_brief_v2n3_LatinoHispanicChildren.pdf

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State Violence Against Detained Women in Mexico

OMCT, 2006

The abuse of women during the police operations last May in San Salvador Atenco, which we document in this alternative report, demonstrates the gender-based violence that the Mexican State and its agents are capable of, using the justification of reestablishing the rule of law and social peace. This situation is not unique, but rather demonstrates a pattern of violence against women that is carried out by the Mexican State and enjoys total impunity. There are other similar cases of State violence against women, including those documented by Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) (46 pages, .pdf, for historical reference)

http://www.omct.org/files/2005/09/3072/cedaw_alt_report_mexico_en.pdf

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The Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez Centre for Human Rights, A.C. (Centre PRODH)

The Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez Centre for Human Rights, A.C. (Centre PRODH) is a non- governmental organization that, through the defense and promotion of human rights, works towards attaining the structural conditions in society such that the people of Mexico can enjoy and exercise without discrimination their fundamental human rights.

http://centroprodh.org.mx/en/

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