Gauteng Targets 10 Police Stations in Femicide Fight
South Africa's Gauteng, home to Johannesburg, will ring-fence the 10 police stations with the most rape cases after 12 women...
October 4, 2026Topic
femicide
Cuba Femicides Reach 54 in Nine Months, Passing 2025 Total, Independent Observatory Says
Cuba femicides reached 54 by 28 September, an independent observatory says, passing its 2025 total. Why the state's court-based count...
September 29, 2026
Luz Mery Tristán Femicide: Colombia Appeals Court Cuts Ricci Sentence to 41 Years 8 Months
The Luz Mery Tristán femicide verdict stands: a Colombian appeals court kept Andrés Ricci's conviction but cut his term to...
September 29, 2026
Cameroon Protesters March in Yaoundé Against Rising Femicide Cases
Hundreds of people marched in Yaoundé on 19 September over femicides, after the women’s affairs ministry logged about 60 cases...
September 20, 2026
Argentina reports a femicide every 39 hours in first four months of this year
A total of 74 women were murdered in Argentina during the first four months of 2021, equivalent to a femicide...
May 2, 2021
Violent clashes as women protest against femicide in Mexico City
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Officers forced back protesters with tear gas and riot shields in Mexico City's main square,...
March 9, 2021
Venezuelans protest rising femicide after three women killed
Hundreds of Venezuelans protested on Saturday, February 27th, following the murders of three young women last week, in a rally...
March 1, 2021
Four Women Murdered Every Day in Brazil in 2019
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In a disturbing new report from the Inter-American Commission on...
February 6, 2019
Brazil Registers Record Number of Violent Crimes in 2016
By Lise Alves, Senior contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Brazil registered more than 61,000 violent deaths in 2016, a...
October 31, 2017