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Violence against women
Israel escalates crackdown on Palestinian Prisoners’ Movement IOF escalates abuse against Palestinian women prisoners in Damon

These assaults form part of a broader deterioration in detention conditions, which prisoners say continue to worsen.

Buenos Aires march September 27 Mass protests in Argentina denounce live-streamed triple femicide

The protests, which took place in several cities across Argentina, drew thousands of people into the streets.

Gisèle Pelicot makes “shame change sides” as over 50 found guilty of rape

More than 50 men were convicted for the rape of Gisèle Pelicot, including ex-husband Dominique, who orchestrated the series of assaults

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.”

Istanbul convention Turkey 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