Argentina femicides keep rising after record last year, observatory says
Buenos Aires, Argentina Reuters Femicides in Argentina, already at a record level last year, have increased further in the first two months of 2024, a report from a local observatory on Friday showed, with more than one killing per day underscoring the deadly threat to women. The country saw 61 misogynistic murders of women and […]
Student’s murder highlights violence against women in Italy
Rome, ItalyReuters The killing of a university student and the arrest of her ex-boyfriend have highlighted the issue of violence against women in Italy, with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni vowing to step up protections and raise public awareness. The body of Giulia Cecchettin, a 22-year-old from a small town near Venice, was found on Saturday […]
Spain vows more vigilance, protection as murders of women spike in December
Madrid, Spain Reuters The Spanish Government promised on Thursday increased police protection for victims of domestic violence after at least nine women in Spain were killed by their current or former partners in December, making it the deadliest month of this year. “The time has come to say ‘enough’,” Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska told reporters […]
Failures by Mexican law enforcement aggravate rise in killings of women
Mexico City, MexicoReuters When 27-year-old Ariadna Lopez was found dead beside a highway in the central Mexican state of Morelos in October, local investigators were fast to declare there were “no signs of violence.” Their version – that Lopez died of asphyxiation as a result of alcohol intoxication – quickly unravelled. A girl places a […]
Violence against women in Mexico rises to over 70 per cent, study finds
Mexico City, Mexico Reuters Violence against women and girls in Mexico has increased over the last five years, the statistics office said in a survey that found seven in 10 of them reported experiencing some form of violence. “Violence against women continues to be a challenge in the country and constitutes a public health problem,” […]
America’s deadly epidemic: Violence against women
MAGALI DRUSCOVICH AND MARIA CASPANI, of Reuters, report on how those who kill women are largely men they know…
Missing girl found dead, fueling outrage over gender violence in Mexico
Monterrey, MexicoReuters The body of a Mexican teenager who went missing this month in the northern state of Nuevo Leon has been found submerged in a cistern inside the grounds of a motel near where she was last seen alive, according to her father. Debanhi Escobar, a 18-year-old law student, vanished on 9th April, amid […]
In northern Mexico, authorities search for missing women amid spate of disappearances
Monterrey, MexicoReuters More than two dozen women and girls have disappeared so far this year in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon, sparking frantic searches among residents who hope their loved ones have not become the latest victims of endemic gender violence. On Tuesday, Nuevo Leon Governor Samuel Garcia said that 26 women and […]
Clutching graveyard crosses, hundreds protest violence against women in Mexico
Mexico City, Mexico Reuters Holding aloft crosses bearing the names of murdered women, hundreds of people marched in Mexico’s capital on Wednesday to protest violence against women amidst a steady nationwide increase in femicides. Chanting “We are your voice,” organisers used megaphones to read out the names of murdered women in downtown Mexico City. Relatives […]
Murders of women spark anger in Lebanon as domestic violence doubles
Beirut, LebanonThomson Reuters Foundation The murder of three women has provoked outrage in Lebanon, as authorities revealed a doubling of domestic abuse reports in a country that recently won praise for new laws to protect women. The most high-profile death was that of model Zeina Kanjo, who was strangled at home. An arrest warrant has […]