Guatemala Pre-Election Sexual Violence by Gender and Category | Votes Without Violence

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Year:

2015

Level of government:

National

Guatemalan law prohibits the sexual exhibition of persons to draw attention to a campaign or political party event. Of incidents of this violence that were reported, women were most likely to be exhibited in this way.

Time period:

Before the election

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