Full Access to Justice Elusive for Women in Latin America

Posted on April 7, 2012 • Filed under: Crime, Latin America News, Latin America Womens Issues

Only a small proportion of women in the region whose rights are undermined achieve full access to justice, says a collective of women’s organisations from eight countries of Latin America. “It’s not just a question of litigation costs or of bringing an issue to court, but of gaining access to good judicial service, in which it is possible to obtain a legal ruling in a reasonable period of time,” one of the activists who denounced the situation, Natalia Gherardi, told IPS. Read Article

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