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 ...

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.

I am dismayed as a woman and as a mother», comments Monica Lucarelli, the Delegate for Equal Opportunities of the Gualtieri administration, on the femicide of Ilaria Sula. What strikes you the most?

Ottawa police have charged a man in connection to a fatal stabbing of a woman earlier this week in what they are calling a case of femicide. Police said they were called to Heney Street in ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Kenyan women and human rights organizations match along the streets of Nairobi to protest ...