Simply 13% of girls in Mexico report assault by companion, survey finds By Reuters

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Simply 13% of girls who’re bodily or sexually assaulted by their companions in Mexico report it to an authority, in accordance with a report the nationwide statistics company issued forward of a world day of activism to fight violence in opposition to ladies.

Ladies’s rights activists are set to take to the streets world wide on Friday to protest in opposition to pervasive gender violence and name for stronger motion from authorities.

In Mexico, the place some 20 ladies are killed every day, this comes as prosecutors within the state of Morelos are accused of overlaying up the killing of 27-year-old Ariadna Lopez, initially dominated useless because of alcohol intoxication.

The chance of girls reporting bodily or sexual assault was low throughout numerous circumstances, the company, INEGI, discovered.

If the perpetrator was a companion, solely 13.1% of girls reported. For sexual and bodily assault occurring at college, the ratio was simply 7.8%, and it dropped to 7.1% in cases inside a household, 6.5% for these at work and 4.3% within the wider neighborhood.

In the meantime, one in two ladies mentioned they’d been sexually assaulted throughout their lives, one in 5 over the previous yr. Greater than a 3rd mentioned they’d sooner or later been bodily assaulted, together with one in ten up to now yr.

Not contemplating the incident essential sufficient was the commonest cause for not reporting it. Ladies additionally talked about not figuring out tips on how to, being afraid of repercussions, being blamed or not believed, and feeling ashamed.

After they did report it, they had been extra more likely to go to a public ministry than the police, although if it occurred at work they had been extra more likely to hunt down a commerce union or supervisor. In the event that they had been college students, they might extra possible go to a faculty authority.

The survey, which lined ladies and women aged 15 and older, recorded highest charges of violence amongst these aged as much as their mid-twenties.