The laws vary significantly across Latin America. In Chile, for example, femicide applies to killings by a current or former partner. In Costa Rica, it is similarly limited to only include killings ...

Women aged 18 to 35 at 59% form the largest demographic of victims of femicide in Kenya. In 77% of cases, killings were committed by a person known by the victim.

She decried the absence of specific legislation addressing femicide in Nigeria, which she said leads to underreporting and misclassification of cases. Aronu-Okafor revealed that nine femicide ...

Language matters, in my view, so it is important to focus the attention on femicide, which is what triggered recent public conversation in Kenya and is the primary issue at hand. Femicide is the ...

At least 10 activists, including Amnesty International Kenya Executive Director Irungu Houghton, were arrested last year during an anti-femicide march. The protest on December 12, marked the end ...

A Frenchman is set to stand trial on Wednesday accused of fatally stabbing his former partner, who had complained of enduring years of abuse and repeatedly reported him to the authorities over his ...

The murder of a 14-year-old Grade Seven pupil in Garissa last Friday is an indication that even minors are not safe, as Kenya now risks having femicide as part of its character. The suspected murder ...

Just 22 days into 2025, at least two femicide cases have already been reported. This is despite the heightened awareness generated during the 16 Days of Activism against Sexual and Gender-Based ...

This is far from an isolated case - Kenya has one of the highest rates of femicide, or killings with a gender-related motivation, in Africa. After police officers interrogated Mr Wambua ...