There was also an increase in the number of convictions relating to femicide in 2024. “The high level of public outcry around femicide seems to have spurred the justice system to action.

It is possible that there are unreported cases of femicide in addition to the four (4) young women who have already lost their lives to it. For many Kenyan women, the current situation is akin to ...

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.

One woman is killed every 10 minutes. Not by road accidents or childbirth. But by an intimate partner or family member. This phenomenon, known as femicide, has gained more recognition in recent years ...

Femicide, or feminicide in some cases ... with 21,700 women and girls killed, followed by Asia with 18,500 cases. The Americas reported 8,300 cases, while Europe and Oceania had much lower ...

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Thousands of women took to the streets of Buenos Aires on International Women’s Day to protest Argentinian President Javier Milei’s’ plans to remove the crime of femicide from the penal code.

DOHS Cares Foundation, a group focused on women and children matters has launched the #NoDeyKpaiWoman campaign to create awareness and take action against rising incidences of femicide.