How police in Latin America are responding to gender-based violence during COVID-19
November 25, 2020
The impact of the pandemic on gender-based violence
Webinar : Full Video
Recommendations to Police Forces
Police Campaign in Honduras
To coincide with the International Day of Elimination of Violence Against Women and Girls, DCAF hosted a webinar on how different police forces in Latin America have dealt with the unique impacts of the pandemic on domestic violence and other forms of gender-based violence. The session included the reflection of active police officers from Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Honduras, Paraguay, Peru, and Mexico. Over 330 participants joined this live streamed event, which reflected the high interest in this topic. This event was organized in partnership with the Honduran National Police and funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC.
THE IMPORTANCE OF GENDER-RESPONSIVE SECURITY SECTOR INSTITUTIONS
Thomas Guerber discusses the importance of gender as core operational principle of DCAF and the series of webinars organized in 2020 to commemorate the UN International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and girls.
DCAF Director, Ambassador also highlights how the challenges faced by women and girls have been exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the importance promoting gender equality in the work and polices of the security sector institutions.
EVENT CLOSING REMARKS
Latin America has one of the highest rates of femicide in the world, and the impact of COVID has caused the situation to worsen even further.
Restrictive public health regulations to combat the spread of the coronavirus have inadvertently increased levels of GBV and the capacity burden on policing, by having to adopt a new role of public health law enforcers.
The insights of active police officers and experts from across the region contribute to DCAF’s work in supporting the innovation in policing during this challenging time.
Here we offer closing remarks from the webinar shared by the Head of DCAF’s LAC Unit and the Deputy Chief of SDC in Honduras.
Watch the closing remarks from DCAF
Resources
To learn more on gender and how DCAF can support SSG/ R in other areas of intervention, access the Resources and contacts below:
Publication
SSG/R
GENDER TOOLKIT
DCAF
in Latin America
Contacts
Cristina Hoyos, Head of Unit - Latin America and the Caribbean (c.hoyos@dcaf.ch)
Linda Sánchez, Program Assistant – Latin America and the Caribbean (l.sanchez@dcaf.ch)
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