The femicide of Ugandan Olympic marathoner Rebecca Cheptegei has sent shockwaves across the global sporting community, pulling back the curtain on the issue of gender-based violence in Africa. Cheptegei, 25, died on September 5, 2024 after being set on fire by her former romantic partner on her way home from church in Eldoret, Kenya. This tragedy has sparked widespread outrage…
Femicide
Femicide — the killing of women and girls because of their gender — is a global crisis that remains chronically underreported, underprosecuted, and misunderstood. This section covers the research, data, policy landscape, and individual cases that define the femicide epidemic, with particular attention to the relationship between coercive control and intimate partner homicide. Narcissistic Abuse Rehab maintains the Global Femicide Legislation Index — the first comprehensive index of femicide legislation worldwide — as a reference for advocates, legal professionals, policymakers, and survivors navigating systems that were not built with their safety in mind.
Two decades of data reveal that Black women face persistently elevated risk of femicide–up to 20 times higher than white women in some states.
Violence Free Minnesota remembers the 39 known victims of intimate partner homicide in Minnesota at their annual We Remember ceremony.
A recent report exposes an alarming pattern of systemic failures in femicide prevention by law enforcement in the UK. The study was commissioned by Killed Women, a support network for families of women killed by men. The You Were Told study shows numerous missed opportunities and inadequate responses by law enforcement. In response, family members united, staging a vigil outside…
PTSD and depression cooccurence is associated with a greater risk of mortality in women through the development of adverse health outcomes.
Statistics show that in every 1000 cases of sexual assault, only 25 perpetrators do jail time. Why is the criminal justice system failing vimctim-survivors?
Women targeted for non-fatal strangulation by an intimate partner or family member are 750% at risk of being killed by the same perpetrator.