A UN report says a woman is killed every 10 minutes by someone she knows. About 50,000 women and girls were murdered in 2024 by partners or family, with the home still the most dangerous place.

Home the deadliest place? Shocking UN report shows every 10 mins, a woman is murdered by family or partners

Discover the tragic story of Valeria Marquez, a 23-year-old beauty influencer from Mexico, who was shot dead during a live stream, highlighting the country's femicide crisis.

One minute 'you're making a video, and then you're murdered': Mexico beauty influencer shot dead on live stream

Over 130 Sudanese women from Gezira state have committed mass suicide, a number that has not yet been officially confirmed. A report by Un Women revealed that gender-based violence in Sudan has more than doubled since the war began.

Sexual Exploitation, Femicides on the Rise in War-torn Sudan

Femicide and domestic violence against women in North Africa are increasingly reported online and by the media but rights groups say legal measures to protect the victims remain scant.

Femicide in North Africa exposed but legal protection lags

The murders of two Kenyan women this month are spotlighting a worrying regularity in gender-based violence in the East African country, with activists calling for more government measures to protect women. They are only two of at least four reported gender-based murders in Kenya since the start of the year, as the country faces an increasing number of killings and abuses meted on women... Amid social media outrage, women say they plan to assemble in protest every week to demand more action from authorities...But what’s causing an epidemic of violence against women?

Kenya Femicide: Women angered at Gender Based Violence

Hundreds of women protested in Ecuador against femicide, which a gender-based violence NGO said has claimed the lives of nearly 200 women. Following a call from organisations to stand against state femicide, protests were held in the capital Quito and other regions.

'We want to live': Hundreds of women in Ecuador protest against femicide, inaction

In an effort to reduce the number of killings, an Egyptian court requested on Sunday that the law be changed to let the execution of a female student's killer to be aired live.

Egyptian court demands that femicide executions be televised live

In order to demand justice for the femicide of 35-year-old Luz Raquel Padilla, feminist activists and members of caretakers organisations protested in Mexico City.

Luz Raquel Padilla: Mexican activists demand justice for mother of autistic boy after she was set on fire

‘Not one woman less’: Thousands marched against femicide in Argentine’s capital

Thousands of people protested outside the congress in Argentina against femicide. They said that justice is slow and patriarchal while remembering the victims.

Argentina protests against femicide: 'Justice is slow and patriarchal'

On women's day, hundreds march against gender-based violence, femicide in Mexico

One woman was suffocated, her body found next to her baby. Another was pushed off a cliff. Yet another was stabbed 23 times. The highly publicised and horrific killings, along with a steep rise in domestic violence cases in Greece in the past year, have pushed partner-on-partner violence into the spotlight in a country where such abuse has long been whispered about but rarely publicly discussed.

In Greece, a string of killings pushes domestic abuse into the spotlight

In another apparent case of femicide in Mexico, a Mexican singer and actress was shot dead in Morelos state while waiting to pick up her 11-year-old son from a football academy.

Mexico's 'shocking epidemic': Actress, singer Tania Mendoza becomes the latest victim of femicide

A study published in the Journal of General Psychology contended that Google searches in the United States related to violence against women saw a sharp rise during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Google trends imply femicide: 'I am going to kill her' searched 178 million times in 2020

The names of women victimised by violence were painted on metal barriers hastily erected around Mexico's national palace late on Saturday, ahead of a major women's march as activists turned the fencing into a makeshift billboard for their movement.

Activists paint barriers with names of femicide victims in Mexico 

For our safety: Young women in Venezuela protest against increasing femicide

Argentina is protesting against femicide, a term, which broadly means the intentional killing of females. Protests are on across Argentina after a 19-year-old was stabbed to death by her former boyfriend.

Argentina protests against femicide

The murder of a 19-year-old girl by her ex-boyfriend has triggered protests against Femicide in Argentina. The accused is a police officer who has now been arrested. The 19-year-old's mother says she wants her daughter's murderer to live. WION's Palki Sharma brings you a report.

Gravitas: Protests against Femicide in Argentina

Argentines gathered on Wednesday (February 17) in Buenos Aires to express outrage at the latest teen femicide case in the country and demand justice be done to better protect women from violence.

Argentines demand justice after teen femicide shocks the nation

Pinar Gultekin was strangled, burned and dumped in a barrel. Who was the murderer? Her ex-boyfriend. Gultekin's death sparked nationwide protests in Turkey. In her honour -- thousands of women -- including stars -- have posted black-and-white selfies on Instagram.

Turkey to pull out from European treaty designed to protect women from femicide

'A day without us': Women stage protest by absence against femicide

Mexican demonstrators splash presidential palace red in protest over murder of women

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