Latest items for MURDER-DATA-1
Dec. 13, 2024, 10:52 p.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"The film’s themes further resonated after the murder in November of Giulia Cecchettin, a 22-year-old student, who was allegedly beaten by her former boyfriend. In reaction, thousands of people protested across Italy on 25 November, which was International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Cortellesi says there were more than 100 femicides in Italy in 2023 before Cecchettin’s death, and several more occurred by the end of the year. On average in Italy, a woman is murdered by a man, usually someone who cannot accept the end of a relationship, every three days" (para 14-16).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"The film’s themes further resonated after the murder in November of Giulia Cecchettin, a 22-year-old student, who was allegedly beaten by her former boyfriend. In reaction, thousands of people protested across Italy on 25 November, which was International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Cortellesi says there were more than 100 femicides in Italy in 2023 before Cecchettin’s death, and several more occurred by the end of the year. On average in Italy, a woman is murdered by a man, usually someone who cannot accept the end of a relationship, every three days" (para 14-16).
Dec. 13, 2024, 10:31 p.m.
Countries: Saudi Arabia
Variables: LRCM-DATA-2, MURDER-DATA-1
"A ‘celebrity’ Saudi preacher accused of raping, torturing and killing his five-year-old daughter has reportedly been released from custody after agreeing to pay ‘blood money’. Fayhan al-Ghamdi had been accused of killing his daughter Lama, who suffered multiple injuries including a crushed skull, broken back, broken ribs, a broken left arm and extensive bruising and burns. Social workers say she had also been repeatedly raped and burnt. Fayhan al-Ghamdi admitted using a cane and cables to inflict the injuries after doubting his five-year-old daughter’s virginity and taking her to a doctor, according to the campaign group Women to Drive" (para 1-3).
Variables: LRCM-DATA-2, MURDER-DATA-1
"A ‘celebrity’ Saudi preacher accused of raping, torturing and killing his five-year-old daughter has reportedly been released from custody after agreeing to pay ‘blood money’. Fayhan al-Ghamdi had been accused of killing his daughter Lama, who suffered multiple injuries including a crushed skull, broken back, broken ribs, a broken left arm and extensive bruising and burns. Social workers say she had also been repeatedly raped and burnt. Fayhan al-Ghamdi admitted using a cane and cables to inflict the injuries after doubting his five-year-old daughter’s virginity and taking her to a doctor, according to the campaign group Women to Drive" (para 1-3).
Dec. 13, 2024, 3:39 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"In December 2012, a 23-year-old physiotherapy student boarded a bus in New Delhi a little after 9 p.m., expecting it would take her home. Instead, she was gang-raped and assaulted so viciously with an iron rod that her intestines were damaged. She died days later as India erupted in rage. Nearly 12 years later, the nation is convulsing with anger once again — this time, over the ghastly rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor in a Kolkata hospital, as she rested in a seminar room after a late-night shift" (para 1-2).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"In December 2012, a 23-year-old physiotherapy student boarded a bus in New Delhi a little after 9 p.m., expecting it would take her home. Instead, she was gang-raped and assaulted so viciously with an iron rod that her intestines were damaged. She died days later as India erupted in rage. Nearly 12 years later, the nation is convulsing with anger once again — this time, over the ghastly rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor in a Kolkata hospital, as she rested in a seminar room after a late-night shift" (para 1-2).
Dec. 13, 2024, 3:26 p.m.
Countries: Mexico
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"Nearly 10 women were killed every day in Mexico in 2023: there were more than 2,500 female victims of homicide and over 800 femicides, according to the Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection" (para 5).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"Nearly 10 women were killed every day in Mexico in 2023: there were more than 2,500 female victims of homicide and over 800 femicides, according to the Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection" (para 5).
Dec. 12, 2024, 9:18 p.m.
Countries: Mexico
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"There is an average of 10 femicides, homicides committed on females and feminine people, a day" (para 1).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"There is an average of 10 femicides, homicides committed on females and feminine people, a day" (para 1).
Dec. 12, 2024, 1:55 p.m.
Countries: Brazil
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"Every single indicator of gender-based violence increased in 2023 compared with the previous year, including murder (0.8%), sexual harassment (48.7%) and stalking (34.5%)" (para 4). "In contrast, the total number of homicides (against men and women) fell for the sixth consecutive year, dropping 3.4% from 47,963 in 2022 to 46,328 last year" (para 5).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"Every single indicator of gender-based violence increased in 2023 compared with the previous year, including murder (0.8%), sexual harassment (48.7%) and stalking (34.5%)" (para 4). "In contrast, the total number of homicides (against men and women) fell for the sixth consecutive year, dropping 3.4% from 47,963 in 2022 to 46,328 last year" (para 5).
Dec. 12, 2024, 1:48 p.m.
Countries: Turkey
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1, NGOFW-DATA-1
"According to We Will Stop Femicide Platform, a grassroots movement built by various feminist and LGBTQ+ rights advocates, at least 563 women were killed or lost their lives in suspicious circumstances in 2023 alone" (para 10).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1, NGOFW-DATA-1
"According to We Will Stop Femicide Platform, a grassroots movement built by various feminist and LGBTQ+ rights advocates, at least 563 women were killed or lost their lives in suspicious circumstances in 2023 alone" (para 10).
Dec. 10, 2024, 4 p.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"After the latest, horrifying killing of a college student allegedly by her resentful and jealous ex-boyfriend, students from Turin to Palermo have taken to pounding on classroom desks in unison to demand a stop to the slaying of women in Italy at the hands of men. Just days before the killing of 22-year-old Giulia Cecchettin, Italians were already applauding a blockbuster movie about a woman who endures beatings and belittling by her overbearing husband" (para 1-2). "Giulia Cecchettin disappeared after meeting her former boyfriend, Filippo Turetta, for a burger at a shopping mall, just days before she was to receive her degree in biomedical engineering at the University of Padua....more
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"After the latest, horrifying killing of a college student allegedly by her resentful and jealous ex-boyfriend, students from Turin to Palermo have taken to pounding on classroom desks in unison to demand a stop to the slaying of women in Italy at the hands of men. Just days before the killing of 22-year-old Giulia Cecchettin, Italians were already applauding a blockbuster movie about a woman who endures beatings and belittling by her overbearing husband" (para 1-2). "Giulia Cecchettin disappeared after meeting her former boyfriend, Filippo Turetta, for a burger at a shopping mall, just days before she was to receive her degree in biomedical engineering at the University of Padua....more
Dec. 10, 2024, 3:56 p.m.
Countries: Austria
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"Police in Vienna are investigating the deaths of four women and a teenage girl in a 24-hour period. Three women were stabbed to death by a man in a brothel in Austria's capital on Friday. A suspect was arrested. Another woman and her daughter were killed in an unrelated incident. Investigators believe the girl's father was responsible" (para 1-3). "Earlier on Friday, a 51-year-old woman and her 13-year-old daughter were found dead in an apartment in the Erdberg area - about 12km (seven miles) from where the other incident happened. There is no suggestion they are connected. Police are still searching for the woman's husband, who is also the girl's...more
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"Police in Vienna are investigating the deaths of four women and a teenage girl in a 24-hour period. Three women were stabbed to death by a man in a brothel in Austria's capital on Friday. A suspect was arrested. Another woman and her daughter were killed in an unrelated incident. Investigators believe the girl's father was responsible" (para 1-3). "Earlier on Friday, a 51-year-old woman and her 13-year-old daughter were found dead in an apartment in the Erdberg area - about 12km (seven miles) from where the other incident happened. There is no suggestion they are connected. Police are still searching for the woman's husband, who is also the girl's...more
Dec. 10, 2024, 3:49 p.m.
Countries: Kazakhstan
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"The trial of a former government minister charged with beating his wife to death has gripped public attention in Kazakhstan, and some see it as a litmus test of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's promise to build a fairer, more equitable society. Shocking footage played in the courtroom this week showed Kuandyk Bishimbayev, a former economy minister, repeatedly kicking and punching a slender young woman wearing only a coat and boots, and dragging her around by her hair. The woman, 31-year-old Saltanat Nukenova, was found dead last November in a restaurant owned by a relative of her husband, where the couple had spent almost a whole day and the previous night. She...more
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"The trial of a former government minister charged with beating his wife to death has gripped public attention in Kazakhstan, and some see it as a litmus test of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's promise to build a fairer, more equitable society. Shocking footage played in the courtroom this week showed Kuandyk Bishimbayev, a former economy minister, repeatedly kicking and punching a slender young woman wearing only a coat and boots, and dragging her around by her hair. The woman, 31-year-old Saltanat Nukenova, was found dead last November in a restaurant owned by a relative of her husband, where the couple had spent almost a whole day and the previous night. She...more
Dec. 6, 2024, 9:14 p.m.
Countries: South Korea
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"In 2016, a woman was murdered near Gangnam Station by a male stranger who said he did it because women had 'ignored' him. The case sparked nationwide protests against misogyny-driven violence" (para 9).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"In 2016, a woman was murdered near Gangnam Station by a male stranger who said he did it because women had 'ignored' him. The case sparked nationwide protests against misogyny-driven violence" (para 9).
Dec. 6, 2024, 8:43 p.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"The killing of a young woman in Italy, allegedly at the hands of her possessive ex-boyfriend, has shocked the country and prompted a reckoning about violence against women. On 11 November - days before 22-year-old Giulia Cecchettin was due to get her biomedical engineering degree - she went to buy her graduation outfit with her ex-boyfriend Filippo Turetta. Then, the couple disappeared. A few days later, CCTV footage emerged showing the final moments of her life. Mr Turetta, 22, can be seen beating his former partner in a car park close to her house in Vigonovo, near Venice - according to the investigating judge. She tried to escape, but prosecutors...more
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"The killing of a young woman in Italy, allegedly at the hands of her possessive ex-boyfriend, has shocked the country and prompted a reckoning about violence against women. On 11 November - days before 22-year-old Giulia Cecchettin was due to get her biomedical engineering degree - she went to buy her graduation outfit with her ex-boyfriend Filippo Turetta. Then, the couple disappeared. A few days later, CCTV footage emerged showing the final moments of her life. Mr Turetta, 22, can be seen beating his former partner in a car park close to her house in Vigonovo, near Venice - according to the investigating judge. She tried to escape, but prosecutors...more
Dec. 6, 2024, 8:28 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"One woman in Australia dies at the hands of a former or current partner every 10 days, and police deal with an average of 5000 domestic violence incidents each week" (para 20).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"One woman in Australia dies at the hands of a former or current partner every 10 days, and police deal with an average of 5000 domestic violence incidents each week" (para 20).
Dec. 6, 2024, 6:57 p.m.
Countries: Turkey
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"Seven women were killed by their partners or ex-partners across Turkey on Tuesday, according to the television station Habertürk. 'In total, seven women were savagely killed in İzmir, Bursa, Sakarya, Erzurum, Denizli and Istanbul,' Habertürk reported, listing the country’s major cities. 'The suspects were either their current spouses, or spouses from whom they were separated,' said the broadcaster, which listed the names of the victims with their photographs on its website. The women, aged between 32 and 49, were shot or stabbed to death. At least three of the assailants took their own lives, two were arrested and one who was wounded while being detained later died. The fate of...more
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"Seven women were killed by their partners or ex-partners across Turkey on Tuesday, according to the television station Habertürk. 'In total, seven women were savagely killed in İzmir, Bursa, Sakarya, Erzurum, Denizli and Istanbul,' Habertürk reported, listing the country’s major cities. 'The suspects were either their current spouses, or spouses from whom they were separated,' said the broadcaster, which listed the names of the victims with their photographs on its website. The women, aged between 32 and 49, were shot or stabbed to death. At least three of the assailants took their own lives, two were arrested and one who was wounded while being detained later died. The fate of...more
Dec. 6, 2024, 6:21 p.m.
Countries: Trinidad/Tobago
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"Andrea was abducted, aged 20, after catching a taxi home from Arima magistrates court where she was a clerk, on 29 January 2021. The driver, Joel Balcon, then 36, had more than 70 outstanding criminal charges against him, from rape to robbery. He had connections to at least one other missing woman, but was out on the streets as a result of, depending whose opinion you get in Trinidad, inefficiency or blatant corruption in the justice system. As it got dark, her dad repeatedly rang her phone. Eventually, a man answered and threatened to send him the ear of 'your pretty daughter'. 'I knew that was it,' said Bharatt. 'The...more
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"Andrea was abducted, aged 20, after catching a taxi home from Arima magistrates court where she was a clerk, on 29 January 2021. The driver, Joel Balcon, then 36, had more than 70 outstanding criminal charges against him, from rape to robbery. He had connections to at least one other missing woman, but was out on the streets as a result of, depending whose opinion you get in Trinidad, inefficiency or blatant corruption in the justice system. As it got dark, her dad repeatedly rang her phone. Eventually, a man answered and threatened to send him the ear of 'your pretty daughter'. 'I knew that was it,' said Bharatt. 'The...more
Dec. 6, 2024, 10:43 a.m.
Countries: Brazil
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"Brazil’s domestic violence hotline received an average of 102 calls an hour in 2022, amid an increase in domestic attacks and threats, while femicides grew 6.1%. Nearly three-quarters of femicide victims were killed inside their own home and by their current or former partner" (para 8).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"Brazil’s domestic violence hotline received an average of 102 calls an hour in 2022, amid an increase in domestic attacks and threats, while femicides grew 6.1%. Nearly three-quarters of femicide victims were killed inside their own home and by their current or former partner" (para 8).
Dec. 6, 2024, 10:37 a.m.
Countries: India
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"They ushered the young woman into their home and closed the door behind her. Then the beating began. 'You are a witch,' shouted one of the attackers, as she, her parents and her uncle rained punches, kicks and slaps on the 26-year-old woman’s stomach, chest and face. When the pummeling finally ended, after nearly two hours, the young woman was pulled outside by her hair, dragged through her village and dumped, unconscious, next to a temple, her clothing barely clinging to her battered body" (para 1-3). "In the Jharkhand case, the young woman who was attacked, Durga Mahato, said the trouble started when she refused the sexual advances of a...more
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"They ushered the young woman into their home and closed the door behind her. Then the beating began. 'You are a witch,' shouted one of the attackers, as she, her parents and her uncle rained punches, kicks and slaps on the 26-year-old woman’s stomach, chest and face. When the pummeling finally ended, after nearly two hours, the young woman was pulled outside by her hair, dragged through her village and dumped, unconscious, next to a temple, her clothing barely clinging to her battered body" (para 1-3). "In the Jharkhand case, the young woman who was attacked, Durga Mahato, said the trouble started when she refused the sexual advances of a...more
Dec. 6, 2024, 10:15 a.m.
Countries: Bangladesh
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"On 30 July 1995, I was at home. It was night when I started to hear strange noises. My mother and I thought we were being robbed, but the reality was much worse. There were 11 boys – I recognised one of them. He was two years older than me and had told my friends he liked me and wanted a relationship with me. I had refused. That night, he threw acid over me. I was 15 years old. When it first happened, I didn't realise it was acid. My neighbour came to my house and told me that my face was turning black. I was in a lot of...more
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"On 30 July 1995, I was at home. It was night when I started to hear strange noises. My mother and I thought we were being robbed, but the reality was much worse. There were 11 boys – I recognised one of them. He was two years older than me and had told my friends he liked me and wanted a relationship with me. I had refused. That night, he threw acid over me. I was 15 years old. When it first happened, I didn't realise it was acid. My neighbour came to my house and told me that my face was turning black. I was in a lot of...more
Dec. 5, 2024, 4:37 p.m.
Countries: Norway
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"According to reports before the Committee, one out of four murders is an intimate partner homicide and that 90 per cent of these homicides are femicides" (7).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"According to reports before the Committee, one out of four murders is an intimate partner homicide and that 90 per cent of these homicides are femicides" (7).
Dec. 4, 2024, 4:45 p.m.
Countries: Burma/Myanmar
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"The U.N. Human Rights Office says more than 5,000 people have been killed by the military since the coup, including more than 1,000 women. Around 3 million people have been displaced" (par. 7).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"The U.N. Human Rights Office says more than 5,000 people have been killed by the military since the coup, including more than 1,000 women. Around 3 million people have been displaced" (par. 7).
Dec. 4, 2024, 4:20 p.m.
Countries: Bolivia
Variables: LRW-DATA-1, MURDER-DATA-1, DV-DATA-1
"Bolivia has one of the highest rates of sexual violence in Latin America. In 2021, the country had one of the highest incidences of femicide in South America. In a 2016 study, 75% of women living in urban areas and 71% in rural areas reported having suffered some type of violence at the hands of their partner" (par. 15).
Variables: LRW-DATA-1, MURDER-DATA-1, DV-DATA-1
"Bolivia has one of the highest rates of sexual violence in Latin America. In 2021, the country had one of the highest incidences of femicide in South America. In a 2016 study, 75% of women living in urban areas and 71% in rural areas reported having suffered some type of violence at the hands of their partner" (par. 15).
Nov. 19, 2024, 11:48 a.m.
Countries: Belgium
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"Roughly two women are killed in Belgium each month purely by virtue of the fact that they are women, a recent study by the advocacy group Stop Feminicide has found. The study found that at least 183 femicides have been committed in Belgium since 2017, including 24 murders last year and 3 earlier this year" (para 1-2). "It [femicide study] also discovered that in the overwhelming majority of cases the murderer was the victim's current or former lover, and that domestic violence is often a precursor to the eventual killing. 'A large majority of femicides are 'intimate' femicides,' Dirkx [Advocacy group Stop Feminicide coordinator] explained. 'Nine out of ten are...more
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"Roughly two women are killed in Belgium each month purely by virtue of the fact that they are women, a recent study by the advocacy group Stop Feminicide has found. The study found that at least 183 femicides have been committed in Belgium since 2017, including 24 murders last year and 3 earlier this year" (para 1-2). "It [femicide study] also discovered that in the overwhelming majority of cases the murderer was the victim's current or former lover, and that domestic violence is often a precursor to the eventual killing. 'A large majority of femicides are 'intimate' femicides,' Dirkx [Advocacy group Stop Feminicide coordinator] explained. 'Nine out of ten are...more
Nov. 16, 2024, 9:33 p.m.
Countries: Colombia
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"Reports of femicide in the region [of Columbia] have increased in recent years. Officials in Cali met earlier this year to discuss possible preventative policies aimed at tackling violence against women, with 10 femicides reported in 2023 alone. 'We have seven femicides and four more cases to be classified, including the case that unfortunately occurred yesterday [where a woman was killed by her partner in prison] in the city of Palmira,' said Yurani Andrea Ordóñez, Secretary of Women, Gender Equality and Sexual Diversity of the Valle del Cauca department" (para 18-20).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"Reports of femicide in the region [of Columbia] have increased in recent years. Officials in Cali met earlier this year to discuss possible preventative policies aimed at tackling violence against women, with 10 femicides reported in 2023 alone. 'We have seven femicides and four more cases to be classified, including the case that unfortunately occurred yesterday [where a woman was killed by her partner in prison] in the city of Palmira,' said Yurani Andrea Ordóñez, Secretary of Women, Gender Equality and Sexual Diversity of the Valle del Cauca department" (para 18-20).
Nov. 16, 2024, 4:24 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"What’s absolutely clear is that protesters keep turning up dead" (para 5). The regime is murdering primarily women protesters (CEC - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"What’s absolutely clear is that protesters keep turning up dead" (para 5). The regime is murdering primarily women protesters (CEC - CODER COMMENT).
Nov. 16, 2024, 3:41 p.m.
Countries: Mexico
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
""Feminist groups, which have supported Ruiz’s [woman sentenced to prison for killing her rapist] defense, angrily protested, saying the ruling was criminalizing survivors of sexual violence while protecting perpetrators in a country with high levels of gender-based violence and femicides. Protesters in Mexico City carried signs reading 'Defending my life isn’t a crime'" (para 3). "In 2022, the Mexican government registered a total of 3,754 women — an average of 10 a day — who were slain, a significant jump from the year before. Only a third were investigated as femicides" (para 17).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
""Feminist groups, which have supported Ruiz’s [woman sentenced to prison for killing her rapist] defense, angrily protested, saying the ruling was criminalizing survivors of sexual violence while protecting perpetrators in a country with high levels of gender-based violence and femicides. Protesters in Mexico City carried signs reading 'Defending my life isn’t a crime'" (para 3). "In 2022, the Mexican government registered a total of 3,754 women — an average of 10 a day — who were slain, a significant jump from the year before. Only a third were investigated as femicides" (para 17).
Nov. 12, 2024, 1:32 p.m.
Countries: Latvia
Variables: LRW-DATA-1, MURDER-DATA-1
"The Committee notes with concern…the high rate of gender-based violence against women, in particular the high numbers of cases of rape and intentional homicide" (7).
Variables: LRW-DATA-1, MURDER-DATA-1
"The Committee notes with concern…the high rate of gender-based violence against women, in particular the high numbers of cases of rape and intentional homicide" (7).
Nov. 5, 2024, 12:44 p.m.
Countries: Guatemala
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"According to statistics from the Guatemala-based Mutual Support Group (GAM), there were 48% more femicides between January and May 2022 than during the same months the previous year. Only tiny fractions of reported cases of gender-based violence lead to punishment in Guatemala, with impunity for femicides especially high" (para 10). "In 2017, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) – regarded by many as an international bill of rights for women – stated in a report that brutality against women and girls in Guatemala deserved special attention because the levels of GBV, femicides, sexual violence, and other hateful acts against women were so high"...more
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"According to statistics from the Guatemala-based Mutual Support Group (GAM), there were 48% more femicides between January and May 2022 than during the same months the previous year. Only tiny fractions of reported cases of gender-based violence lead to punishment in Guatemala, with impunity for femicides especially high" (para 10). "In 2017, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) – regarded by many as an international bill of rights for women – stated in a report that brutality against women and girls in Guatemala deserved special attention because the levels of GBV, femicides, sexual violence, and other hateful acts against women were so high"...more
Nov. 1, 2024, 9:38 a.m.
Countries: South Africa
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"[South Africa] also ranks fourth in the world for femicide — the murder of women and girls by men" (para 8).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"[South Africa] also ranks fourth in the world for femicide — the murder of women and girls by men" (para 8).
Oct. 16, 2024, 3:10 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"What’s absolutely clear is that protesters keep turning up dead" (para 5). The regime is murdering primarily women protesters (CEC - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"What’s absolutely clear is that protesters keep turning up dead" (para 5). The regime is murdering primarily women protesters (CEC - CODER COMMENT).
Oct. 16, 2024, 11:31 a.m.
Countries: India
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"Data, however, aren't recorded in India in a way that would allow anyone to identify or count femicides. The killings of women are recorded as regular homicides" (para 3). "The total number of homicides of women also does not tally with other numbers presented later in the report. The sum of cases listed under "murder with rape," "dowry deaths" and "abetment to suicide" far exceed the homicide total. This mismatch has partly to do with how cases are classified when multiple crimes are involved" (para 9).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"Data, however, aren't recorded in India in a way that would allow anyone to identify or count femicides. The killings of women are recorded as regular homicides" (para 3). "The total number of homicides of women also does not tally with other numbers presented later in the report. The sum of cases listed under "murder with rape," "dowry deaths" and "abetment to suicide" far exceed the homicide total. This mismatch has partly to do with how cases are classified when multiple crimes are involved" (para 9).