They are dumped in alleys, on road sides or abandoned in the middle of public parks.
Trash bags are a favored covering, flimsy plastic blankets topping the corpses of women whose fatal mistake was being female. Sometimes their murderers make no attempt at all to disguise what they've done — as if the women mattered so little, and their deaths deemed so trivial, the remains are dumped on sidewalks like so much litter.
The most dangerous countries for women are in Latin America, where machismo and virtual impunity from punishment contribute to "femicide," the killing of women because they are women, according to experts.
Trash bags are a favored covering, flimsy plastic blankets topping the corpses of women whose fatal mistake was being female. Sometimes their murderers make no attempt at all to disguise what they've done — as if the women mattered so little, and their deaths deemed so trivial, the remains are dumped on sidewalks like so much litter.
The most dangerous countries for women are in Latin America, where machismo and virtual impunity from punishment contribute to "femicide," the killing of women because they are women, according to experts.
