In Nigeria, a chilling wave of gender-based violence is sweeping through communities, with domestic abuse spiralling into ...

In a major setback in the fight against gender-based violence, Argentinian President Javier Milei’s government has announced ...

Carolina Aló was 17 years old the night her father, Edgardo, saw her for the last time. In their final conversation, he ...

This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers ...

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

At face value, any public action the Kenyan government takes to show that it’s listening to its citizens is important – but ...

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 ...

Argentinian President Javier Milei last week told the World Economic Forum in Davos that 'radical feminism is a distortion of ...

At least 18 of the 33 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have adopted femicide laws since 2007. Before these laws were enacted, the killing of women and girls were treated under the ...

However, the persistently high numbers of reported violence against women could serve as a warning sign, reflecting risks closely linked to femicide in the country. The UN Declaration on the ...

“We have even got to the point of normalizing the fact that in many supposedly civilized countries, if you kill a woman, it is called femicide. And this carries more serious punishment than if ...