High Percentage of Femicide Victims Lacked Protective Measures in Legal Amazon

Brazil · Latin America + Caribbean region

A news report states that in the Legal Amazon in 2025, 9 out of 10 femicide victims did not have a protective measure. The research director of the Igarapé Institute discusses monitoring violence against women in the Brazilian, Colombian, and Peruvian Amazon between 2017 and 2022. Based on this study, she evaluates the ongoing confrontation against violence.

Single-source report, not yet corroborated.