Guatemala Pre-Election Threats and Coercion Violence by Gender and Category

Guatemala Pre-Election Threats and Coercion Violence by Gender and Category

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2015
Level of government: 
National

The social benefit programs that had the highest number of reported incidents of coercion also also had the highest percentages of women enrolled, indicating that women were disproportionately impacted by coercion.

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