Country | Paraguay |
Year | 2016 |
Type of Measure | Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns |
Form of Violence | Violence against women and girls |
The Ministry of Women, the Office of the First Lady (OPD) and UN Women, with the support of the Binational Itaipu Entity, launched the second phase of the Zero Violence Campaign (Campaña Violencia CERO), with the slogan "Emergency, Enough of Feminicides." The campaign aims to raise public awareness of violence against women and position the problem in the country, giving preferential attention to the dissemination of Law 5777/16, with special emphasis on feminicide, with the explanation of what it consists of and article 50, which clarifies the circumstances in which it is configured.