We cannot hope to prevent the epidemic of gender-based violence if the State is unable to even define femicide, writes LOURDA ...

Femicide is “a crime of murder perpetrated by a man against a woman in the context of gender violence”. That’s the current legal definition in Argentina, where it’s been part of the country’s penal ...

More women were killed 2024 making it the deadliest in terms of femicide since 2018. Analysis shows that 170 women died at the hands of current or former intimate partners during the year. The data ...

A mother-of-two killed in Mallow, Co Cork last Friday became the first woman killed in Ireland this year, sparking renewed discussions about femicide and gender-based violence across the country.

Seven women killed last year. Some 33,000 domestic abuse incidents reported to the police in 12 months. MLAs debated the statistics that shame Northern Ireland. Four motions on ending violence and ...

The two and half month long initiative comes amid an alarming surge in femicide cases in 2024, with civil society organizations calling for femicide to be declared a national disaster. NAIROBI, Kenya ...

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The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime released a report in December 2024 indicating 725 reported cases of femicide, translating into 2.66 per 100,000 women in Kenya. Every week, the report ...

In the notice, Ruto noted that increased cases of GBV and femicide continue to cause immense physical, emotional, and economic harm to individuals, families, and communities, exacerbating gender ...

President William Ruto has appointed a 42-member Technical Working Group on Gender-Based Violence (GBV) to fight the rising gender-based violence and femicide. According to a Gazette Notice issued on ...

President William Ruto has appointed Law Society of Kenya (LSK) President Faith Odhiambo and Citizen TV investigative journalist Franklin Wallah to be part of a 34-member task force that will probe ...

President William Ruto has established a technical working group to assess and recommend measures to strengthen Kenya’s response to Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and femicide. The group has been tasked ...