This report published by REDRESS, the Academy on Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law at American University Washington College of Law (AUWCL), and the Latin American Network for Gender-Based Strategic Litigation (ReLeG), exposes how sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) has been systematically used as a tool of political and social repression in protests across Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, and Venezuela. The first study of its kind in the region, it highlights how SGBV is deliberately weaponised against women, LGBTIQ+ individuals, and other marginalised groups, coinciding with broader state efforts to shrink civic space through criminalisation of protesters, mass arrests, and impunity for security forces. Survivors often face silence due to fear, stigma, and lack of justice, perpetuating a cycle of violence that demands urgent accountability.