EVE the tool that covers all types of violence committed against women in Brazil, Colombia and Mexico, and which was launched in 2019 with the support of Uber, also reported that by 2020, according to data from the country’s health system, states with the highest number of homicides were Guanajuato, Mexico, Chihuahua, Baja California and Michoacán.
In 2020, Guanajuato was also the entity that reported the most attacks with firearms (141), followed by Chihuahua and the State of Mexico (40 each).
Despite the fact that this platform reported a drop in the number of records of all types of violence in 2020, sexual violence had a smaller reduction than others, which points to a high risk of women suffering violence within their family. own homes.
According to the information concentrated in EVA, between 2010 and 2020, almost one million women suffered some type of violence in Mexico. In fact, from 2019 to 2020, 23.7% of the homicides were committed at home.
Igarapé also detected that from 2020 to 2021 femicides increased by 4% and bodily injuries by 8% and according to the latest data, the states with the highest rates of femicides in 2021 were Sonora, Quintana Roo and Sinaloa; homicides of women are Baja California, Zacatecas and Chihuahua.
