What’s behind global femicide? | Al Jazeera
Every ten minutes, a woman or girl is killed by someone she knows, according to the UN. Femicide is a global issue that we can’t…
Every ten minutes, a woman or girl is killed by someone she knows, according to the UN. Femicide is a global issue that we can’t…
Ten femicide cases were recorded in Cameroon in January 2025 alone, the country’s Central Bureau of Census and Population Studies, otherwise known by the French…
NewsFeedThousands 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…
Police in Nairobi used tear gas to disperse protesters, demanding an end to femicide. Several people were injured, and others were arrested. Activists say President…
Hundreds gather in Kenya’s capital to rally against gender-based violence.Police in Kenya have fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of people who gathered to protest…
Marie-Theresa Ondoa, the Cameroonian Minister for the Promotion of Women and the Family, said 67 femicide cases had been recorded in Cameroon since the beginning…
A United Nations (UN) Women report has revealed that family members are behind most femicide incidents globally. The report, released in collaboration with the United…
With women killed at alarming rates in Kenya, is the government doing enough to end gender-based violence? On January 27, thousands of protesters took to…
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…