Overview

• Ahora Que Sí Nos Ven reports 178 femicides and 287 attempted femicides nationwide from January 1 to September 29, averaging one killing about every 36 hours.
• Most attacks occurred in private settings, with 39.3% in the victim’s home and 27% in a home shared with the aggressor, and 40% of perpetrators were current partners.
• At least 12 femicides were tied to narcocriminal contexts, including the triple killing of Brenda Castillo, Morena Verdi and Lara Gutiérrez in Florencio Varela.
• Fourteen alleged perpetrators belonged to security forces, and only 15% of victims had filed prior complaints; the tally estimates 149 children lost their mothers.
• The report cites INDEC data that one in five young women cannot find work and calls for application of Ley Micaela in newsrooms while condemning the government’s elimination and defunding of prevention programs.