Human rights and feminist organizations joined relatives of femicide victims on Thursday to condemn a legislative proposal that would eliminate the crime of femicide from Peru’s penal code.  The bill, introduced by congresswoman and evangelical pastor Milagros Jáuregui of the ultraconservative Popular Renewal party, seeks to replace the term femicide with “murder of a partner.” […]

São Paulo records a 45 percent rise in femicides in February 2026, despite falling homicide rates.

The project seeks to establish a common methodology across all state prosecutors’ offices. On Thursday, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced that her government will present a national initiative to standardize femicide investigations, based on protocols previously implemented in Mexico City. RELATED: UN Women Launches Campaign Against Digital Violence in Mexico The project seeks to establish […]

Thousands of women took to the streets of Quito, the capital of Ecuador, on Sunday, March 8, transforming International Women’s Day into a day of struggle, protest, and demands. The march, which made its way to Santo Domingo Square in the Historic Center, denounced the persistent inequalities in the country and questioned the administration of […]

Brazil’s Prosecutor’s Office has requested the conviction of brothers Brazão, accused of masterminding the 2018 assassination of councilwoman Marielle Franco, supporting the version of confessed murderer, Ronnie Lessa. The Brazilian Prosecutor’s Office requested on February, 25 the conviction of brothers Domingos and Chiquinho Brazão, identified as the masterminds behind the assassination of councilwoman Marielle Franco, […]

Brazil´s judiciary has ordered the confessed killers of councilwoman Marielle Franco to compensate her widow, Mônica Benicio, nearly eight years after the assassination that shocked the southern nation. On Tuesday, February 11, the Rio de Janeiro Court of Justice ruled that Ronnie Lessa and Elcio Vieira de Queiroz, convicted in October 2024 for the femicide […]

The law grants financial aid and comprehensive protection to minors who lost their mothers to gender-based violence. On Wednesday, Bolivia’s Senate approved the Law for Comprehensive Protection and Reparation for Daughters and Sons Orphaned by Femicide and Other Crimes Against Life and sent it to President Luis Arce for enactment in the official register. RELATED: […]

A demonstration in Buenos Aires on Wednesday following the triple femicide in La Matanza was met with police repression, resulting in the detention of four people so far. RELATED: Milei’s Policies Are a ‘Time Bomb’ for Argentina: Cristina Fernandez Chanting “A femicide every 35 hours” and “Stop killing us,” the demonstrators denounced the murders of […]

Africa had the highest rate of intimate partner-related femicides in 2023.