In a major setback in the fight against gender-based violence, Argentinian President Javier Milei's government has announced it will repeal the crime of femicide from the penal code. In a speech ...

Kate has received funding for family violence and femicide-related research from the Australian Research Council, Australian Institute of Criminology, Australia's National Research Organisation ...

Femicide, or feminicide in some cases, refers to the intentional killing of a woman or girl because of their gender. Unlike regular homicides, which may not have a gender-based reason, femicides ...

Language matters, in my view, so it is important to focus the attention on femicide, which is what triggered recent public conversation in Kenya and is the primary issue at hand. Femicide is the ...

Late last year, residents in a Dufferin Grove neighbourhood awoke in the night to a woman’s piercing screams. A basement apartment was on fire and neighbours tried desperately to rescue those ...

Argentina is planning to remove femicide from its penal code, the administration of President Javier Milei has said, dealing another blow to women's rights in the country. Justice Minister Mariano ...

Two Just Stop Oil protesters have been arrested after disrupting a performance of The Tempest starring Sigourney Weaver in London's West End. Alien star Weaver, 75, was escorted away by staff at ...

In the first week of 2025, there have been several reports of young women who have fallen victims of femicide – and the Iranian regime is doing little to put a stop to it. A protester dons face ...

Gender-based violence is a major challenge in Kenya, which has recorded a significant rise in deaths of women and girls in recent years. Language matters, in my view, so it is important to focus ...

On January 24, Argentina’s Minister of Justice Mariano Cúneo Libarona warned on X that the government of President Javier Milei would seek to eliminate femicide from the penal code on the ...

In a major setback in the fight against gender-based violence, Argentinian President Javier Milei’s government has announced it will repeal the crime of femicide from the penal code. In a speech at ...