Country | Paraguay |
Year | 2018 |
Type of Measure | Institutional mechanisms |
Form of Violence | Femicide/Feminicide |
In view of the increase in cases of feminicide and attempts at feminicide, the Ministry of Women, in December 2018, has established a Crisis Bureau (Mesa de Crisis), composed of representatives of the National Police, the Public Ministry, the Gender Secretariat of the Supreme Court of Justice and the Public Defender's Office, which are institutions in charge of the application of Law No. 5777/16 in strategies for prevention, care, protection and punishment of acts of violence against women.