Femicide is broadly understood as the killing of a woman or girl because of her gender—the most extreme form of gender-based violence. The 2012 UN Economic and Social Council’s Vienna ...

In May 2024, Rebecca Cheptegi, a Ugandan marathon runner, was burned to death by her boyfriend. Cheptegi’s murder is one of the several cases of femicide in African countries. Femicide is the ...

The new change typifies femicide in a specific article, and no longer as just another variation of homicide. Penalties went up from 12 to 30 years of imprisonment to 20 to 40 years.

Earlier this year, Kenyan women and men took to the streets to demand action on femicide. It never occurred to anyone that they would have to take to the streets again. Unbelievable as it may seem ...

Join us today to make a difference! If femicide is to end, men must step forward, not as perpetrators, but as protectors and allies.

West Yorkshire Police has been accused of letting down women who were killed despite seeking its help Rising cases of femicide reveal entrenched sexist attitudes in the East African nation.

The crime with national repercussions in France embodies the police and judicial dysfunctions that mark femicide cases. The house in front of which Chahinez Daoud was killed, in Mérignac ...

If femicide is to end, men must step forward, not as perpetrators, but as protectors and allies.

Inadequate resources and the poor implementation of laws that are supposed to protect women are hampering the efforts against the scourge of femicide and intimate partner violence (IPV).

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Deputy Inspector-General of Police Eliud Lagat. [NPS, Facebook] At least 97 femicide cases ...

Protesters attending the demonstration and participating in the minute of noise against violence on women following the femicide of Giulia Cecchettin in Piazza Castello (Picture: NurPhoto via ...