Tag: femicides
Femicides: why are the State figures never the same as those of the associations? : Current Woman Le MAG
This is what we call a chestnut tree in journalistic jargon. Every year, the question comes back to the table. Like the figures for street demonstrations, the government’s count of…
Violence against women and girls: number of femicides higher than in 20 years
Violence against women and girls The number of femicides is higher than it has been in 20 years © Berit Kessler / Adobe Stock According to the UN, around 89,000…
Five femicides every hour worldwide
JEvery hour around the world, five girls or women are killed by their partner or family member. This is according to a report by the United Nations Office on Drugs…
Spain experiences a wave of femicides in December
Violence against women regularly escalates over the holidays. At least 11 women were killed by partners, ex-partners or family members in the Iberian country in December. Nevertheless, Spain is considered…
Femicides mobilize protests against the state
Violence against women is a recurring theme in Europe’s youngest state. Women’s rights activists accuse the government of not taking the problem seriously. “Murders of women are announced murders”. Demonstrators…
“The first two femicides of the year in 12 hours”: two men suspected of the murder of their partner
By SudOuest.fr with AFPPosted on 01/01/2022 at 8:56 p.m.Updated on 01/01/2022 at 9:42 p.m. In Meurthe-et-Moselle and Maine-et-Loire, two men suspected of having killed their spouse were taken into police…