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New government interface aims to curb gender-based killings amid rising fe
Updated : 6 months, 1 week ago IST
As countries around the world mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on Tuesday, Israel has rolled out a new digital interface designed to help prevent gender-based killings by closing long-criticised gaps between government agencies.
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Mexico: Woman Mayor assassinated hours after nation elects first female pr
Updated : 1 year, 12 months ago IST
Sanchez Figueroa, accompanied by her bodyguard, was returning home from a gym when assailants in a white van opened fire, leaving both victims mortally wounded.
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'Stop killing us!': Thousands march to protest against femicide in Kenya
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The crowd in Nairobi was hostile to attempts by the parliamentary representative for women, Esther Passaris, to address them. Accusing Passaris of remaining silent during the latest wave of killings, protesters shouted her down with chants of "Where were you?" and "Go home!"
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Women in Turkey are determined to stop femicide - murders of women
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], January 4 (ANI): On December 29 in Istanbul, a man named Kemal Delbe set on fire his former girlfriend Aylin Sozer, a lecturer at the Istanbul Aydin University, pouring a flammable liquid on her. Her murderer narrowly escaped lynching by Sozer's neighbours when taken in
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We are seeing pushback against women's rights, says UN Secretary-General
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Feb 25 (ANI): United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday pinpointed the "alarming levels of femicide" while issuing a "Call to action for human rights" at the 43rd regular session of the UN Human Rights Council.
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Thousands march in Paris against gender violence
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Paris [France], Nov 24 (ANI): Thousands of people marched in Paris on Saturday calling for an end of femicide and other forms of gender-based violence in the country and demanding the government to take strong action to prevent the same.
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