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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The appointment of a taskforce by President William Ruto to come up with a comprehensive, structured, sustainable and inclusive solution to the runaway femicide and gender-based violence (GBV) is ...

We look at the case of an elite athlete who fell victim to femicide there, and the change it's driving.

In recent months, the Italian railway sector has experienced a period of great difficulty, characterized by an increase in delays and a series of inconveniences that have put travellers to the test.

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.

He noted that government’s areas of cooperation had extended beyond immediate economic issues, observing that government had come together with civil society partners on a national strategy to end ...