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Brazil Allows Adult Women to Buy Pepper Spray

Buyer checks plus retailer traceability are required, with Anvisa tasked to set product concentration and container limits.

Two Alleged Hitmen Arrested in Colima for Mérida Shooting

Peru Publishes Most-Wanted List of 31 Fugitives Accused of Feminicide

Mexico City Police Detain Suspect in Death of UAM Xochimilco Student

Mexican Wrestler ‘El Cuatrero’ Sentenced to 12 Years 8 Months for Attempted Femicide

São Paulo Reports Q1 Surge: 86 Feminicides, 142 Killed by Police in Service

Ceará Teen’s Killing Probed as Femicide as Judge Orders Preventive Detention

Mexico Validates Constitutional Reform to Enable a National Femicide Law

States Begin Ratifying Mexico’s Feminicide Reform, Setting Up National Law

Mexican Senate Approves Constitutional Reform to Enable National Femicide Law

Mexico Reports Fewer Violent Deaths of Women

Senate Takes Up Sheinbaum’s Constitutional Reform to Enable a National Femicide Law

Brazil's Misogyny Bill Moves to Lower House as First Lady Presses for Quick Vote

Sheinbaum Unveils National Femicide Law Plan for Senate Review

Sheinbaum Announces National Plan to Standardize Feminicide Investigations This Month

On International Women’s Day, Pope Leo XIV Urges Reporting and Prevention of Violence Against Women

Mexican States Report Sharp Drops in Homicides, Citing Coordinated Security Push

Body Of PM Soldier Gisele Santana Exhumed As São Paulo Police Deepen Death Probe

Nova Prata Mourns Ex-Councilwoman Roseli Albuquerque as Police Probe Suspected Femicide

France Publishes Inspection Report on Inès Mecellem Killing, Citing Systemic Failures