The courage of Gisèle Pelicot
The calculated and cruel violence suffered by Gisèle Pelicot has shaken the world to its core, yet her demand to make the trial public and shift the shame to the perpetrators of these acts, has inspired many
Left-led anti-femicide demonstrations enter third week in India’s West Bengal
Protests against the rape and killing of a woman doctor have faced massive repression and attempts by the right-rwing to infiltrate it in orde to push regressive agenda
Violence against women is a public health crisis, say health activists
During its 5th edition, activists congregated at the People’s Health Assembly in Mar del Plata discussed the initiatives of the feminist movement to expand access to health for all
Belgian women’s rights platform Zelle resolves to continue struggle for equality and against discrimination
The Belgian progressive women’s rights group, Zelle, vowed to continue the struggle against femicide, harassment against women, and other forms discrimination and oppression
“Not one woman less!”: Ecuadorian women march against gender-based violence
The march took place on year after the femicide of 34-year-old lawyer María Belén Bernal at the hands of her cop husband Germán Fernando Cáceres inside the Quito Police Training High School
Feminist International founded in Mexico
The fundamental objective of Feminist International is to promote a common agenda in favor of equality and for the eradication of gender-based violence
Femicide of María Belén Bernal sparks outrage in Ecuador
María Belén Bernal was found murdered five kilometers from the Police Training School. Bernal’s mother deemed her daughter’s femicide as “a state crime.”
Top court upholds Erdoğan’s decision to withdraw Turkey from Istanbul Convention
After a year of pressure from opposition parties and rights groups, the court ruled to uphold the Turkish president’s unilateral decision to withdraw from a binding convention that seeks to protect women and girls from violence
“Weapons are not tools for peace”: feminists against wars and NATO
In the lead-up to the Peace Summit against NATO, women build a feminist agenda against war and towards peace
Students protest increase in sexual violence and aggression in Belgian universities
Numerous cases of sexual harassment have recently been reported from universities in Belgium but the perpetrators remain unpunished in majority of such cases
Outrage in Bolivia following femicide of two teenagers
The recent femicide of two teenage girls by a serial offender, released irregularly in 2019, sparked outrage in Bolivia. Hundreds took to streets demanding an end to violence and impunity for crimes against women due to judicial corruption
Widespread outrage in Ireland over femicide of Ashling Murphy
The 23-year-old primary school teacher was murdered while she was jogging on the canal walkway near Tullamore in County Offaly
