Peru registered more than 5,380 alert notes for missing women in 2022, most of them girls and adolescents, and a total of 137 femicides and 111 attempts, the Ombudsman’s Office reported on Wednesday.
In your report "What happened to them?"this autonomous organization details that, from January to December of last year, the Andean country reported a total of 5,381 alert notes, processed after the complaint, by disappeared women, of which 1,821 were adults (34%) and 3,560 girls. and adolescents (66%).
This figure, 9.7% lower than that registered in 2021, means that every 97 minutes a woman is reported missing in the Andean country.
The report adds that, during 2022, the Peruvian National Police (PNP) originally recorded 11,524 reports of missing women, but only 5,558 were located, which corresponds to 48% of the total.
"In view of this situation, it is urgent that actions to search for victims and inter-institutional actions that allow permanent support for their families be strengthened."requested the Ombudsman in a statement.
His report also alerts that from January to December there were 137 femicides, in 22 (16%) of which the victims had previously been reported missing.
Likewise, it points out that throughout the past year Peru registered 51 violent deaths and 11 attempted femicide, after closing December as one of the months with the greatest number of affectations to the lives of women, with a record of 13 femicides, 5 violent deaths and 7 attempts.
These data, according to the Ombudsman, "show that the various measures aimed at preventing this form of extreme violence are not being effective".
Last March, the United Nations Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination against Women denounced the situation of very high levels of violence against women in Peru, as well as the discrimination they suffer to access Justice.
In the Andean country, the CEMs and line 100 attend to all victims of sexist violence 24 hours a day, as does the so-called Chat 100, a personalized and confidential service online and in real time, which attends to affected people due to family or sexual violence.
Violence against women and girls is a serious violation of human rights and the right of women to live without violence is included in international agreements.
Worldwide, only 40% of women seek help after suffering violence, forcing institutions to promote prevention and assistance policies.