Organization / PublicationGetty Images for Marie Claire
CategoryContemporary Issues
Prize3rd prize
Date10-12-2008
CountryGuatemala
PlaceGuatemala City
CaptionIn 'Garden of Angels', victims of crimes committed against women are represented by the clothes they were wearing at the time, hanging on a wooden cross. Guatemala has one of the world's highest rates of violence against women. In April 2008, the Congress of Guatemala approved a law specifically defining femicide as a crime, establishing punishments of 25 to 50 years imprisonment.
