Registry of Aggressions against Mesoamerican Women Human Rights Defenders: May 2022 – Preliminary monthly data for El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico and Nicaragua.

May 2022: 342 aggressions against 73 WHRDs.

One defender was killed: Cecilia Monzón López in San Pedro Cholula, Puebla, México.
The women defenders experiencing the most attacks were those who work for the right to defend land and territory (32%), the right of women to a violence-free life (20%) and women’s rights (15%).
The State continues to be the main perpetrator. 60% of the forces that commit some form of aggression are public authorities at all levels of government –local, state, and federal– (33%) and police forces (31%).
35 women defenders were attacked while engaging in collective actions for human rights defense.

From the first of the year until the end of May, we have registered 1,466 attacks against 331 women defenders, thereby establishing.
Thereby establishing an average of 300 to 400 attacks against women defenders each month.