intentional killing or other violent deaths of females (women or girls) because of their gender
➡️ These changes to the law mean that fatal violence against women can be better recorded and quantified statistically. The cases are not treated as murder or ... Show more
Femicide: A mother makes 14 emergency calls, the police did not protect her: Another femicide: Renate B. feared her son would kill her. Desperate ...
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Attack with an ax: The victim tells us: Domestic violence is increasing. In Ober-Ramstadt, a man almost killed his wife on Valentine's Day ...
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Femicide in Hanover: ex-girlfriend stabbed - Leonie F.'s trial starts in May 2024
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Femicide: Why women would rather be alone with a bear for fear of violence: Femicides in Germany: Through a TikTok trend, women are drawing attention to violence ...
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Femicides: Belgium still failing to collect data despite pioneering law: Belgium last year became one of Europe's legislative pioneers in the fight against ...
brusselstimes.com/belgium/1016450/femicides-belgium-still-failing-to-collect-data-despite-pioneering-law
In domestic abuse, strangulation is a 'hidden' predictor of femicide, experts say
ctvnews.ca/canada/in-domestic-abuse-strangulation-is-a-hidden-predictor-of-femicide-experts-say-1.6855849
The president of Kosovo, Vjosa Osmani, declared April 17 a day of mourning “in remembrance of all the women and girls murdered in Kosovo as a result of ... Show more
After Another Femicide, Kosovo President Declares Day of Mourning | Balkan Insight
After Another Femicide, Kosovo President Declares Day of Mourning | Balkan Insight
Femicide in Kosovo: Two murders of women shake the country: Mild punishments, a lack of prevention and the patriarchal society make life hell for many Kosovar ...
tagesanzeiger.ch/femizid-in-kosovo-zwei-frauenmorde-erschuettern-das-land-619261916582
A Montenegrin court has given Ilir Djokaj the maximum punishment of 40 years in prison for shooting his ex-partner, demonstrating the country's harsher stance ... Show more
Montenegro Court Imposes Maximum 40-Year Sentence for Femicide | Balkan Insight
Montenegro Court Imposes Maximum 40-Year Sentence for Femicide | Balkan Insight
Femicide surge: the Cycladic figures found in the Aegean show a deep respect for the female body. How did Greece lose this?
theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/apr/15/femicide-surge-cycladic-figures-greece
Femicide in Einbeck: BGH confirms the ruling of the Göttingen regional court: About a year ago, the Göttingen regional court sentenced a 52-year-old to 13 years ...
goettinger-tageblatt.de/lokales/northeim-lk/northeim/frauenmord-in-einbeck-bgh-bestaetigt-urteil-des-landgerichts-goettingen-RGC36S7Z5RDJJLNX4ITWFONLPE.html
Paid articlePaid Stickers, soap and legal help: the rise of Mexico City’s ‘feminist markets’: In a country beset by sky-high rates of femicide, a mutual support movement has ...
theguardian.com/global-development/2024/apr/08/mercaditas-feministas-feminist-market-traders-womens-rights-femicide-mexico-city
Life imprisonment for close-range murder of ex-wife: It's one of those shocking acts where a man doesn't want to accept that the relationship has failed - and ...
noen.at/gaenserndorf/strasshof-lebenslange-haft-fuer-mord-an-ex-frau-aus-naechster-naehe-416730029
Femicide or homicide?: The demand for a legislative act that would establish the crime of femicide as a distinct – and more serious – form of homicide has been ...
ekathimerini.com/opinion/1235800/femicide-or-homicide/
180,000 Protest in Mexico City Against Femicide on International Women’s Day: Millions of people across the globe took to the streets Friday marking ...
democracynow.org/2024/3/11/headlines/180_000_protest_in_mexico_city_against_femicide_on_international_womens_day
Italy grapples with its patriarchal history as femicide cases shock the nation: Some are stabbed, some are shot, some are strangled. But all the women killed by ...
cnn.com/2024/03/09/europe/italy-grapples-patriarchy-femicide-shock-intl/
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Femicide in Stuttgart East - dead woman discovered months later - man confesses to murder
stuttgarter-nachrichten.de/inhalt.femizid-in-stuttgart-ost-tote-frau-nach-monaten-entdeckt-mann-gesteht-mord.463a70fd-5de5-4cc7-a7fa-4a8382ed5963.html
Greek Police Under Fire After Femicide Outside Athens Precinct - GreekReporter.com
greekreporter.com/2024/04/03/greek-police-under-fire-after-femicide-outside-athens-precinct/
Video Turkey struggles to stop violence against women: ABC News’ Maggie Rulli travels to Turkey to find out why femicide is on the rise there ...
abcnews.go.com/International/video/turkey-struggles-stop-violence-women-108572194
‘I am weary’: Jess Phillips reads MPs list of women killed by men for ninth year: Labour shadow minister says she is ‘tired of fighting for systemic change and ...
theguardian.com/society/2024/feb/29/i-am-weary-jess-phillips-reads-mps-list-of-women-killed-by-men-for-ninth-year
Group stages walk against femicide, submits draft bill to Lagos Assembly: Femicide is regarded as "the most brutal and extreme manifestation of violence ...
premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/683378-group-stages-walk-against-femicide-submits-draft-bill-to-lagos-assembly.html
After femicide in Mannheim: Shared custody can be a danger for the mother: A child should be allowed to see both parents after a separation. But what if there ...
mannheimer-morgen.de/orte/mannheim_artikel,-mannheim-nach-femizid-in-mannheim-geteiltes-sorgerecht-kann-zur-gefahr-fuer-mutter-werden-_arid,2192622.html
Paid articlePaid Femicide Switzerland: 20 women and girls were killed in 2023: 20 women and girls died last year at the hands of their partner or family member ...
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Suspect arrested: Three women killed in brothel in Vienna: A 27-year-old man is arrested in Vienna on suspicion of stabbing three women to death ...
n-tv.de/panorama/Drei-Frauen-in-Bordell-in-Wien-getoetet-article24760180.html
Brutal femicide: Seven women killed in one day in Turkey: In just one day, several women in Turkey are allegedly brutally killed by their husbands or ex-partners ...
n-tv.de/panorama/Sieben-Frauen-an-einem-Tag-in-der-Tuerkei-getoetet-article24769271.html
Femicide: When a man takes the right to kill a woman: Ute Günther and Mareen Hechler on victim support and the causes of violence against women ...
fr.de/rhein-main/darmstadt/femizid-wenn-sich-der-mann-das-recht-nimmt-die-frau-zu-toeten-92923679.html
Friends of femicide victim Anastasia Emelianova demand justice : Judges have postponed the ruling in the trial for the murder of Russian citizen Anastasia ...
duvarenglish.com/friends-of-femicide-victim-anastasia-emelianova-demand-justice-news-64080
An expert's view: Why femicide is endemic in Kenya: Femicide has made the streets unsafe for all women in Kenya.
nation.africa/kenya/news/gender/an-expert-s-view-why-femicide-is-endemic-in-kenya-4561960
Shaken by Grisly Killings of Women, Activists in Africa Demand Change: The continent has the highest rate of gender-related killings of women in the world ...
nytimes.com/2024/02/19/world/africa/femicide-kenya-africa.html
Kenyans demand justice — and a new kind of law — for the brutal murders of women: In the wake of a reported 30 murders of women in January alone ...
npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2024/02/16/1231973412/murders-of-women-lead-to-a-call-for-a-law-on-femicide
Kenyans demand justice — and a new kind of law — for the brutal murders of women: In the wake of a reported 30 murders of women in January alone ...
npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2024/02/16/1231973412/murders-of-women-lead-to-a-call-for-a-law-on-femicide
Verdict in the Treuchtlingen murder trial now passed: Ethiopian goes behind Ginter | for femicide
nn.de/region/gunzenhausen/urteil-im-treuchtlinger-mordprozess-nun-gefallen-athiopier-wandert-fur-femizid-hinter-ginter-1.14134455
Paid articlePaid Plea on femicide in Treuchtlingen - very different punishments demanded: Treuchtlingen - The pleas have now been made in the trial for the femicide in ...
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🇧🇷 An average of four Brazilian women per day were murdered for motives linked to their gender in 2023.
👩 The Brazilian Public Security Forum (FBSP) NGO ... Show more
Brazil posts grim record of four femicides a day in 2023 | THE DAILY TRIBUNE | KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN
Brazil posts grim record of four femicides a day in 2023 | THE DAILY TRIBUNE | KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN
Question about guilt in the Treuchtlingen murder trial: expert cannot help: Ansbach/Treuchtlingen - Can a drunk person even strangle another person? This ...
nn.de/region/gunzenhausen/frage-nach-der-schuldfahigkeit-im-treuchtlinger-mordprozess-gutachterin-kann-nicht-weiterhelfen-1.14123754
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Worldcrunch Magazine #74 — Text Me When You Get Home: March 11 - March 17, 2024
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Paid articlePaid Mother of femicide victim burns daughter’s wedding gown in protest: A mother has set the wedding gown of her daughter who was murdered by her ex-husband ablaze ...
duvarenglish.com/mother-of-femicide-victim-burns-daughters-wedding-gown-in-protest-news-63983
International Women's Day: A poster for every victim: 114 women died in 2023: Gerabronn women focus on the topic of femicide. They attach 130 individual fates ...
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Femicide: What does the term mean for women?: Background for International Women's Day 2024
nzz.ch/gesellschaft/femizid-was-bringt-der-begriff-den-frauen-ld.1777907
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Man stabs 2 women to death at Mexican university: At least 852 cases of femicide were recorded last year in violence-plagued Mexico. (AP pic) MEXICO CITY: A man ...
freemalaysiatoday.com/category/world/2024/03/07/man-stabs-2-women-to-death-at-mexican-university/
‘We want us alive’: Is it time to make the murder of women in NC a unique crime?: El Centro Hispano calls for end to killings of women, seeks for Gov. Cooper ...
charlotteobserver.com/news/local/crime/article286339680.html
Verdict on femicide: It was murder, not manslaughter - 18.5 years in prison: Femicide after marital dispute: 53-year-old Serb is sentenced to 18 years and six ...
luzernerzeitung.ch/zentralschweiz/stadt-region-luzern/kriminalgericht-luzern-femizid-frauenmoerder-muss-fuer-18-jahre-sechs-monate-ins-gefaengnis-ld.2588543
“Femicides are political crimes”: Nadia Brügger is co-initiator of the first research project on femicides in Switzerland and is committed to ensuring that the ...
bajour.ch/a/clth1wsy51298492sguowqk7xwy/femizide-sind-politische-verbrechen
Who is next?: Everyday sexism and a lack of respect for a woman's decisions feed a social climate in which aggression and violence against girls and women are ...
bajour.ch/a/clth1y2gp1390932sguia5qz36v/kommentar-zum-weltfrauentag
Femicide in Switzerland: She dies because she wants a divorce - NZZ accent: The case highlights violence against women. Femicide is an unsolved problem in ...
nzz.ch/podcast/femizid-in-der-schweiz-sie-stirbt-weil-sie-die-scheidung-will-nzz-akzent-ld.1777799
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Three murders in a brothel: reconstruction of a femicide - #1102: FALTER radio. The podcast with Raimund Löw
falter.at/falter/radio/65e7432cf20c8d001663fab4/drei-morde-im-bordell-rekonstruktion-eines-femizids-1102
Activist on a mission to teach women self-defence skills: In response to the alarming increase in femicide cases across the country, gender-based-violence ...
standardmedia.co.ke/evewoman/achieving-woman/article/2001490770/activist-on-a-mission-to-teach-women-self-defence-skills
Three women and their murderer: How the triple femicide came about in Brigittenau
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Suspect in Boston femicide case escapes from police custody in Kenya: Suspect jailed, awaiting ruling on US extradition request after being accused of killing ...
aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/8/suspect-in-boston-femicide-case-escapes-from-police-custody-in-kenya
Cold case in Ludwigsburg - Femicide still solved after almost 46 years: A 35-year-old woman was attacked and brutally stabbed to death by an intruder in her ...
stuttgarter-nachrichten.de/inhalt.cold-case-in-ludwigsburg-frauenmord-nach-fast-46-jahren-doch-noch-geklaert.1846b4d3-b220-45bd-a2f5-aa3470c343ee.html
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In two months, six women and a girl were killed - The sad result raises many questions. ➡️ news.tt.com/PxF4bx
Emergency apartments in the Kitzbühel district at capacity limit: 44 women turned away | Tyrolean daily newspaper online
tt.com/artikel/30877235/notwohnungen-im-bezirk-kitzbuehel-an-kapazitaetsgrenze-44-frauen-abgewiesen
Femicides in Germany: A victim every third day: Every third day a man kills his partner or ex. The word femicide is mentioned again and again in relation to such ...
paz-online.de/der-norden/femizide-in-deutschland-jeder-dritte-tag-ein-opfer-VI57O662G5EYRBPU564MFMVCTA.html
Paid articlePaid Hidden in the forest after escaping: murderer returns from the jungle and is released
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Femicide: men are still a problem: Five women were murdered in Vienna in one day. Since then, a debate about femicide has broken out again ...
zeit.de/zett/politik/2024-02/femizid-oesterreich-mord-frauen-maenner
Murder: Woman killed in Traisen, man taken into custody - Lilienfeld: Femicide in the district of Lillienfeld. A woman was killed and a man is currently in ...
meinbezirk.at/lilienfeld/c-lokales/frau-in-traisen-getoetet-mann-in-gewahrsam-genommen_a6549027
Femicide in Carinthia:Ex-wife stabbed to death: Murder charge against 70-year-old man
kleinezeitung.at/kaernten/18228861/ex-frau-erstochen-mordanklage-gegen-70-jaehrigen
Murder trial in Stuttgart - Killed with 22 stabs - Trial begins after nursing student's death
stuttgarter-nachrichten.de/inhalt.stuttgart-mit-22-stichen-getoetet-prozess-nach-tod-von-pflegeschuelerin-beginnt.66d72c30-5a64-451f-8d7a-5ed2ca5858c8.html
Attempted femicide in the Upper Palatinate? Woman's life is in danger - Husband provisionally arrested
infranken.de/bayern/versuchter-femizid-in-der-oberpfalz-frau-schwebt-in-lebensgefahr-ehemann-vorlaeufig-festgenommen-art-5837145
Violence against women in Turkey: Eight femicides in 24 hours: From Tuesday to Wednesday, eight women were killed by family members in Turkey ...
taz.de/!5992241/
What the word “femicide” can and cannot describe: The still new term “femicide” is intended to show that murders of women occur within patriarchal structures
derstandard.at/story/3000000209255/was-das-wort-femizid-beschreiben-kann-und-was-nicht
Vienna: Five murders of women in one day - crisis summit called for: After the violent deaths of five women in one day, there is talk of a "Black Friday" in ...
nzz.ch/panorama/femizid-serie-in-wien-so-viele-frauen-an-einem-tag-ermordet-wie-im-ganzen-jahr-2023-ld.1819423
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Femicide in Turkey – Seven Women Murdered in One Day - Greek City Times: Seven women were brutally murdered by their partners or ex-partners in a single day ...
greekcitytimes.com/2024/02/28/femicide-in-turkey-seven-women-murdered-in-one-day/
Seven women killed in Turkey spark outcry amid rising femicide rates: Seven women were killed by their partners or ex-partners across Turkey on Tuesday ...
english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2024/02/28/Seven-women-killed-in-Turkey-spark-outcry-amid-rising-femicide-rates
“Wall of Femicide”: Seven red blobs of paint on the Innsbruck Rotunda | Tyrolean daily newspaper online
tt.com/artikel/30876949/wand-der-femizide-sieben-rote-farbkleckse-an-der-innsbrucker-rotunde
This is how the internet and politicians react: Six femicides in just four days: There were five femicides in Austria on Friday. Another followed on Monday ...
meinbezirk.at/c-lokales/sechs-femizide-in-nur-vier-tagen_a6548349
Another femicide in Lower Austria: woman presumably killed by husband | Tyrolean daily newspaper online
tt.com/artikel/30876827/weiterer-femizid-in-niederoesterreich-frau-vermutlich-von-ehemann-getoetet
Next female murder :Woman killed in Lower Austria - suspect in police custody: After five murders of women on Friday, there was another crime on Monday ...
kleinezeitung.at/oesterreich/18216943/frau-in-niederoesterreich-getoetet-verdaechtiger-in-polizeigewahrsam
Let's also talk about the killers of men: This silent genocide has been happening for the longest time.
nation.africa/kenya/life-and-style/dn2/let-s-also-talk-about-the-killers-of-men-4532012
Opinion on the Philippsburg femicide: Wear your flowers on the graves: It is unbearable: acts of violence against women in the Bruchsal area are increasing ...
bnn.de/kraichgau/bruchsal/philippsburger-femizid-tragt-eure-blumen-am-weltfrauentag-auf-die-graeber
The family of Nizama Hecimovic, whose live-streamed murder in August 2023 in the town of Gradacac sparked angry protests, appealed on Monday to the Federal ... Show more
Bosnian Livestreamed Femicide Victim’s Family Seeks New Investigation | Balkan Insight
Bosnian Livestreamed Femicide Victim’s Family Seeks New Investigation | Balkan Insight
Wallonia adopts devices to protect abuse victims as number of family cases soar: "The figures are indisputable: the number of people being monitored for ...
brusselstimes.com/belgium/931556/wallonia-adopts-devices-to-protect-abuse-victims-as-number-of-family-cases-soar
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