Femicide is broadly understood as the killing of a woman or girl because of her gender—the most extreme form of gender-based ...

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

The year 2024 saw a marked increase of women being murdered in Kenya despite a heightened awareness of the crisis and government measures to curb what the World Health Organisation terms as femicide.

These facts send a chilling message to women in ... almost every day a woman falls victim to femicide. These incidents are a clear indication that femicide is no longer a far-fetched issue ...

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

Kenyan women and human rights organizations match along the streets of Nairobi to protest against the rising femicide cases in the country. [Collins Oduor, Standard] The rising cases of femicide ...

In a major setback in the fight against gender-based violence, Argentinian President Javier Milei's government has announced it will repeal the crime of femicide from the penal code.

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.

On January 24, Argentina’s Minister of Justice Mariano Cúneo Libarona warned on X that the government of President Javier Milei would seek to eliminate femicide from the penal code on the ...