With one femicide every 30 hours, gender violence on rise in Argentina

In most gender violence cases, the killer was the partner or former partner of the victimIn most gender violence cases, the killer was the partner or former partner of the victim and only in 20 percent of the instances was the perpetrator a stranger.
In 2015, 214 children lost their mothers due to gender violence in Argentina.
But increased social awareness and mobilization did not lead to drop in gender violence; femicides in Argentina went up by 3.24 percent last year.
The young man beat her to death in his house and then he buried her in the garden.
Casa del Encuentro began publishing reports on femicide rates in Argentina in 2008, given that there were no official records available.

Fuente: http://elpais.com/elpais/2016/04/01/inenglish/1459514254_172242.html