Latest items for MURDER-DATA-1
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).
Oct. 9, 2024, 7:59 p.m.
Countries: Belize
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"Between the period 2017 to 2021 a total of 69 women were murdered in Belize" (5). "In 2021, there were…11 cases of femicide" (13-14).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"Between the period 2017 to 2021 a total of 69 women were murdered in Belize" (5). "In 2021, there were…11 cases of femicide" (13-14).
Aug. 9, 2024, 7:09 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
“High-profile cases have also triggered a groundswell of support for more protection, including the murder of Sarah Everard as she walked home in London last year” (26).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
“High-profile cases have also triggered a groundswell of support for more protection, including the murder of Sarah Everard as she walked home in London last year” (26).
July 18, 2024, 6:38 p.m.
Countries: Guatemala
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"From 2020 to November 2021, the courts responsible for trying cases of femicide and other forms of violence against women held 12,560 virtual hearings" (3). "From 2017 to August 2021, the Public Prosecution Service recorded 686 femicides reported nationwide; 481 of them were perpetrated against women aged 18 and older...Between 2017 and 2020, according to the judiciary, a total of 541 cases of femicide were brought before the courts, and it handed down a total of 289 judgments, comprising 66 acquittals and 223 convictions" (7-8).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"From 2020 to November 2021, the courts responsible for trying cases of femicide and other forms of violence against women held 12,560 virtual hearings" (3). "From 2017 to August 2021, the Public Prosecution Service recorded 686 femicides reported nationwide; 481 of them were perpetrated against women aged 18 and older...Between 2017 and 2020, according to the judiciary, a total of 541 cases of femicide were brought before the courts, and it handed down a total of 289 judgments, comprising 66 acquittals and 223 convictions" (7-8).
April 12, 2024, 5:14 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"[T]he femicide rate, which had been trending sharply downwards since the 1990s, has suddenly, in the past two years, shown a marked increase" (para 64).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"[T]he femicide rate, which had been trending sharply downwards since the 1990s, has suddenly, in the past two years, shown a marked increase" (para 64).
Feb. 16, 2024, 4:44 p.m.
Countries: Honduras
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1, UVAW-PRACTICE-1
"More complicated is the issue of femicide, which preliminary data shows continues at a slightly reduced rate under Castro’s government compared with last year. Two bills aimed at combatting violence against women have so far stalled in Congress" (para 11).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1, UVAW-PRACTICE-1
"More complicated is the issue of femicide, which preliminary data shows continues at a slightly reduced rate under Castro’s government compared with last year. Two bills aimed at combatting violence against women have so far stalled in Congress" (para 11).
Feb. 4, 2024, 5:28 p.m.
Countries: Spain
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"The latest deaths bring the number of women murdered by their partners or ex-partners to 1,188 since 2003, when the government began recording such murders. Over the same period, 49 children have been murdered in domestic violence attacks. In 2022, 49 women were killed by their partner or ex-partner, while 43 women died in such attacks in 2021" (para 4). "'So far this January, six women and an eight-year-old girl have been murdered by sexist violence,' Spain’s equality minister, Irene Montero, tweeted on Monday afternoon" (para 5).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"The latest deaths bring the number of women murdered by their partners or ex-partners to 1,188 since 2003, when the government began recording such murders. Over the same period, 49 children have been murdered in domestic violence attacks. In 2022, 49 women were killed by their partner or ex-partner, while 43 women died in such attacks in 2021" (para 4). "'So far this January, six women and an eight-year-old girl have been murdered by sexist violence,' Spain’s equality minister, Irene Montero, tweeted on Monday afternoon" (para 5).
Oct. 15, 2023, 2:22 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"A report out today from the End Violence Against Women coalition shows more women were killed by men last year, with 141 known cases" (para 7).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"A report out today from the End Violence Against Women coalition shows more women were killed by men last year, with 141 known cases" (para 7).
Sept. 26, 2023, 10:17 a.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-1, MURDER-DATA-1
"The bodies of three people – including an Aboriginal woman and her baby – were found last month north of Alice Springs; the case is being investigated as a murder-suicide" (para 2).
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-1, MURDER-DATA-1
"The bodies of three people – including an Aboriginal woman and her baby – were found last month north of Alice Springs; the case is being investigated as a murder-suicide" (para 2).
Sept. 22, 2023, 8:51 a.m.
Countries: Angola
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"On July 18, a woman killed her 11-year-old niece in Ramiros, Luanda, as part of a witchcraft ritual. At year’s end she was in the custody of SIC" (19).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"On July 18, a woman killed her 11-year-old niece in Ramiros, Luanda, as part of a witchcraft ritual. At year’s end she was in the custody of SIC" (19).
Aug. 15, 2023, 5:31 a.m.
Countries: Canada
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"Last week, a young woman died as a result of severe burns after a man poured a flammable liquid on her and then set fire to her while she was on a bus in Toronto in June" (Para.1). "Police are investigating the homicide as a 'hate-motivated' act; it is not yet known what police think was the motivation. Given the victim was a woman, it has prompted many to ask: Why is violence against women not treated as a hate crime? This question is long overdue and has now been taken on by British Columbia’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner inquiry into hate in the pandemic. This is the...more
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"Last week, a young woman died as a result of severe burns after a man poured a flammable liquid on her and then set fire to her while she was on a bus in Toronto in June" (Para.1). "Police are investigating the homicide as a 'hate-motivated' act; it is not yet known what police think was the motivation. Given the victim was a woman, it has prompted many to ask: Why is violence against women not treated as a hate crime? This question is long overdue and has now been taken on by British Columbia’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner inquiry into hate in the pandemic. This is the...more
June 14, 2023, 7:56 p.m.
Countries: Bolivia
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"The Plurinational Constitutional Court heard a case on femicide and violence against women, which was resolved by Plurinational Constitutional Court decision (SCP) 0062/2015 of 16 July... Since March 2013 (the year Act No. 348 was enacted), a record has been kept of the number of femicide cases" (11). It seems that records of femicides were not required to be kept prior to 2013 due to prevalence (MV- coder comment).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"The Plurinational Constitutional Court heard a case on femicide and violence against women, which was resolved by Plurinational Constitutional Court decision (SCP) 0062/2015 of 16 July... Since March 2013 (the year Act No. 348 was enacted), a record has been kept of the number of femicide cases" (11). It seems that records of femicides were not required to be kept prior to 2013 due to prevalence (MV- coder comment).
May 12, 2023, 11:01 a.m.
Countries: Germany
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"In Germany, there is on average one reported attempted homicide of a woman every single day. And according to new statistics, every two-and-a-half days a woman actually dies at the hands of her partner or former partner. In 2020, 139 women were killed." (Para.6-7).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"In Germany, there is on average one reported attempted homicide of a woman every single day. And according to new statistics, every two-and-a-half days a woman actually dies at the hands of her partner or former partner. In 2020, 139 women were killed." (Para.6-7).
May 12, 2023, 2:12 a.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"In 2020, Private First-Class Vanessa Guillen, 20 - who was training at the Fort Hood Army Base in Killeen, Texas - disappeared shortly after she told her family she was being sexually harassed by an unnamed sergeant and felt unsafe. Her remains were found two months later, and a sergeant named Aaron David Robinson was later arrested for her murder. He allegedly bludgeoned her to death, but it's unclear if he was the man who had sexually harassed her, as he killed himself before his trial" (Para. 45-47).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"In 2020, Private First-Class Vanessa Guillen, 20 - who was training at the Fort Hood Army Base in Killeen, Texas - disappeared shortly after she told her family she was being sexually harassed by an unnamed sergeant and felt unsafe. Her remains were found two months later, and a sergeant named Aaron David Robinson was later arrested for her murder. He allegedly bludgeoned her to death, but it's unclear if he was the man who had sexually harassed her, as he killed himself before his trial" (Para. 45-47).
May 11, 2023, 10:15 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"The horrific murder of Hannah Clarke and her three children by her monstrous husband has resulted in landmark changes in domestic violence laws in Queensland, with the coercive control of a partner or family member is set to be a criminal offence" (Para. 1). "Rowan Baxter, 42, killed the young mother, 31, and her children Aaliyah, six, Laianah, four, and Trey, three, as they set off for school at Camp Hill, in Brisbane's south, on February 19, 2020.He doused the inside of the vehicle with petrol and then set it alight before fatally stabbing himself on a suburban street in front of horrified residents" (Para. 4-5). "An inquest into the...more
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"The horrific murder of Hannah Clarke and her three children by her monstrous husband has resulted in landmark changes in domestic violence laws in Queensland, with the coercive control of a partner or family member is set to be a criminal offence" (Para. 1). "Rowan Baxter, 42, killed the young mother, 31, and her children Aaliyah, six, Laianah, four, and Trey, three, as they set off for school at Camp Hill, in Brisbane's south, on February 19, 2020.He doused the inside of the vehicle with petrol and then set it alight before fatally stabbing himself on a suburban street in front of horrified residents" (Para. 4-5). "An inquest into the...more
April 17, 2023, 2:24 p.m.
Countries: Mexico
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"Like many in Mexico, Díaz’s family has become accustomed to hearing about violence against women around them. 'I saw the cases of femicides on television, and I always said: those poor women, their poor families, their poor children,' Massiel Olvera, Díaz’s older sister, said. 'The horrible ways they violate their bodies, the atrocious ways they hurt them, how they leave them.' Six days after Díaz disappeared, Olvera found herself looking at images of her own sister’s body. As photos began circulating of the latest dumped victim, her phone trembled with incoming messages. The face wasn’t visible, but Olvera recognized the pants her sister had been wearing, her shoes, her hands....more
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"Like many in Mexico, Díaz’s family has become accustomed to hearing about violence against women around them. 'I saw the cases of femicides on television, and I always said: those poor women, their poor families, their poor children,' Massiel Olvera, Díaz’s older sister, said. 'The horrible ways they violate their bodies, the atrocious ways they hurt them, how they leave them.' Six days after Díaz disappeared, Olvera found herself looking at images of her own sister’s body. As photos began circulating of the latest dumped victim, her phone trembled with incoming messages. The face wasn’t visible, but Olvera recognized the pants her sister had been wearing, her shoes, her hands....more
March 4, 2023, 7:01 a.m.
Countries: Egypt
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"Rabat - A 15-year-old Somali girl living in Egypt made headlines after she killed a microbus driver who had allegedly tried to rape her at knifepoint. The girl turned herself in to the police following the incident" (Para. 1). "The girl had managed to snatch the knife from his hand and stabbed him in the chest. She fled immediately after. According to her, she stabbed him in self-defense and killing him was not her intention. Accompanied by a lawyer, the assault survivor headed to the 6th of October police department and confessed to killing the man in self-defense recounting all the details of the incident. The Public Prosecution has decided...more
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"Rabat - A 15-year-old Somali girl living in Egypt made headlines after she killed a microbus driver who had allegedly tried to rape her at knifepoint. The girl turned herself in to the police following the incident" (Para. 1). "The girl had managed to snatch the knife from his hand and stabbed him in the chest. She fled immediately after. According to her, she stabbed him in self-defense and killing him was not her intention. Accompanied by a lawyer, the assault survivor headed to the 6th of October police department and confessed to killing the man in self-defense recounting all the details of the incident. The Public Prosecution has decided...more
Feb. 27, 2023, 1:02 p.m.
Countries: South Korea
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"In 2021, a woman was murdered or targeted for murder every 1.4 days or less, according to the Korea Women’s Hotline." (para 12).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"In 2021, a woman was murdered or targeted for murder every 1.4 days or less, according to the Korea Women’s Hotline." (para 12).
Feb. 18, 2023, 10:46 a.m.
Countries: Canada
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1, DV-DATA-1
"Since the triple homicide on 22 September 2015, 111 women in Ontario have been murdered by their current or former partner, the inquest heard. Every six days in Canada, a woman is killed by her intimate partner, according to Statistics Canada" (Para.4).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1, DV-DATA-1
"Since the triple homicide on 22 September 2015, 111 women in Ontario have been murdered by their current or former partner, the inquest heard. Every six days in Canada, a woman is killed by her intimate partner, according to Statistics Canada" (Para.4).
Feb. 8, 2023, 12:39 p.m.
Countries: Turkey
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"Scores of women are killed in Turkey on regular basis, according to local women's organizations. The number of femicides remains high, while the existing protective measures lack effectiveness. A local platform, We Will Stop Femicides, which tracks femicides and suspicious deaths of women, reported at least 282 femicides between January to October 2022. Another platform, called Anit Sayac [monument tracker], displays the number '349' on its homepage to represent the women who have been killed so far in 2022. "The stark numbers are indicative of just how few measures have been taken to protect women from violence by the state institutions." (para 1).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"Scores of women are killed in Turkey on regular basis, according to local women's organizations. The number of femicides remains high, while the existing protective measures lack effectiveness. A local platform, We Will Stop Femicides, which tracks femicides and suspicious deaths of women, reported at least 282 femicides between January to October 2022. Another platform, called Anit Sayac [monument tracker], displays the number '349' on its homepage to represent the women who have been killed so far in 2022. "The stark numbers are indicative of just how few measures have been taken to protect women from violence by the state institutions." (para 1).
Feb. 4, 2023, 6:14 p.m.
Countries: Namibia
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"[T]he Namibian Police Force statistics recorded a decrease in the murder cases related to intimate relationship." (23).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"[T]he Namibian Police Force statistics recorded a decrease in the murder cases related to intimate relationship." (23).
Jan. 19, 2023, 11:32 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"Iranian police said Amini’s death was an “unfortunate incident” and denied that she was physically harmed while in custody, Iran’s semi-official news agency Fars News said on Monday" (para 13). The Taliban has a tendency to beat persons in custody (MV- coder comment).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"Iranian police said Amini’s death was an “unfortunate incident” and denied that she was physically harmed while in custody, Iran’s semi-official news agency Fars News said on Monday" (para 13). The Taliban has a tendency to beat persons in custody (MV- coder comment).