Historically, the rights of women and girls have been violated due to discriminatory and excluding patriarchal structures that pervade women and girls’ political, economic, and social reality. States in the region currently face challenges related to their responsibility for prevention, protection, investigation, and response to violations of women’s human rights. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) seeks to prioritize, in the framework of its Strategic Plan, and in conjunction with the Office of the Rapporteur on the Rights of Women and the Office of the Rapporteur on the Rights of the Child, the main obstacles that continue to hinder women from fully exercising their rights in Latin America and the Caribbean.   

 

Thus, from 2017 to this year, the project described below has sought to undertake special monitoring of groups subject to protection; follow-up on recommendations, the case and petition system, thematic reports, and promotion and training activities, thereby, contributing to ensure and protect the free and full exercise of women and girls’ fundamental rights in the Americas.