The proposed law seeks to establish 10 "reasons of gender" for the crime and set a uniform penalty of 50 to 70 years ...

Femicide is a severe violation of human rights, and its occurrence reflects deeper issues within societies, such as misogyny, sexism, and a lack of adequate legal and social structures to protect ...

Carolina Aló was 17 years old the night her father, Edgardo, saw her for the last time. In their final conversation, he pleaded with Carolina to leave her boyfriend because of the way he treated her.

In a major setback in the fight against gender-based violence, Argentinian President Javier Milei's government has announced it will repeal the crime of femicide from the penal code. In a speech at ...

Every 10 minutes, partners and family members killed a woman intentionally in 2024 and that trend is growing, according to the UN. Gender-related killings, known as femicide, are the most brutal and ...

An average of five women or girls are killed every hour by someone in their own family, according to UN data. And often their murders are intrinsically linked to them being women. Some countries are ...

"This is a war against women," says Kalliopi Mingeirou, chief of the ending violence against women section at U.N. Women. She is talking about a new report that estimates 85,000 cases of femicide in ...

Most murders of women in the Czech Republic are committed by their partners or former partners. However, official statistics ...

It’s been 36 years since a mass femicide occurred at École Polytechnique in Montréal. A man shot and killed 14 women because of their sex. Described as “violent misogyny” by the federal government, ...

On a quiet day in Zapopan, Mexico, 23-year-old TikTok influencer Valeria Marquez was livestreaming to her followers from her beauty salon. Smiling, she unwrapped a gift delivered to her door—a stuffed ...