Cristina Finch – Femicide in Latin America

During the last decade, there has been an epidemic of murder against women in Latin America simply because of their gender. The phenomenon is called “femicide”. The violence against victims is often brutal, with women’s bodies typically dumped in alleys, parks, or on the side of the road. Cristina Finch, managing director of Amnesty International USA’s Women’s Human Rights Program, tells us what’s being done about the murders of women and girls.