UN official warns of femicide ’emergency’ in Honduras

Honduras is experiencing a femicide “emergency,” a United Nations official warned Wednesday, with at least 66 women murdered so far this year according to activists.

A picture taken on June 21, 2023 shows members of the Criminal Investigation and National Police moving a woman corpse at the crime scene in Tegucigalpa. – Honduras is experiencing an emergency due to femicides, as at least 66 women have been murdered so far this year alone, warned Alice Shackelford, coordinator of the United Nations (UN) in Tegucigalpa, on April 24, 2024. (Photo by Orlando SIERRA / AFP)

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