JULY 10, 2022 06:44 AM

The Women Of Peru

Are Suffering From A
'Shadow Pandemic'
THE STRONG PANDEMIC AGAINS WOMEN

It's a grim roster of alerts. They are the reports of

missing women and girls that can be found on the
Facebook page of Mujeres Desaparecidas, or Missing
Women. The case reports are shared by distraught
families and friends seeking help from the public in
their search.
Thousands of women — many of them, girls and
adolescents are missing in Peru, including at least 1,423
reported missing since the country entered a state of
emergency with the Covid pandemic.
"These aren't just numbers. They are real women being
erased," says Katherine Soto, who founded Mujeres
Desaparecidas after a close friend went missing four
years ago.
Let´s stop violence against women in Peru and the
world.

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WOMEN-OF-PERU-ARE-SUFFERING-FROM-A-SHADOW-PANDEMIC