The Relationship Between Genocide and Femicide in Guatemala (SB#4) - 0 views
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Femicide Feminism Machismo Gender War Violence Corruption
shared by Courtney Connors on 18 Nov 09
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The war in Guatemala has never ceased
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It is a fiercely indigenous region which has resisted the colonialism and brutal immiseration forced upon the region since the times of the Spanish invasion
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Centre for Forensic Analysis and Scientific Application (CAFTA) and it was part of their ongoing campaign against impunity for genocide in Guatemala
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While at the community I met a young woman of sixteen who had a six month old baby, the father is a soldier and the conception method was rape
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As she was leaving, one older woman said to the soldiers, “I am not afraid of you. Back in the eighties and nineties we used to kill you sort of people, and we’ll do it again if we have to.” The soldiers were visibly shaken by her words
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In an effort to tie the three bookmarked articles together, this piece also discusses relevant material to Nelson's "Reckoning" alongside the movie, "When the Mountains Tremble". This article too discuses the idea and reality of Femicide or the genocide against women in Guatemala that still occurs to date. While the other readings set up an outline of what acts occur against women and the lack of influence police powers have, this article flashes numbers at the reader as a shock value to paint a picture of the immense number of women who have experienced brutality. While the other articles have mentioned the extent to which corruption influences the lack of punishment, this author seeks punishment in a different way. While doing research in Guatemala, he took victims who have been harmed themselves or have lost close ones to the war to the mountains to confront the militia men as a form of satisfaction or justice since the impunity rate is 97% in Guatemala. He explained that the gratitude of victims explaining their feelings to murderers would be far more reaching than formal punishment from the criminal justice system ever could be.