Femicide
25 Nov
No fewer than 21,700 African women were reportedly killed by people close to them, according to a report by the United Nations (UN). A woman is killed by a partner or relative every 10 minutes worldwide in 2023, the United Nations warned Monday, stressing that femicides remained at "alarmingly high levels". Almost 85,000 women and…
25 Nov
FAME Foundation has called on well-meaning Nigerians to rise against killings and all forms of violence against women and girls across the country. Speaking at a press conference on Monday in Abuja, the Executive Director of FAME Foundation, Arabirin Aderonke Atoyebi, said that gender-based violence is not just a personal or family issue but a…
25 Nov
FAME Foundation has called on well-meaning Nigerians to rise against killings and all forms of violence against women and girls across the country. Speaking at a press conference on Monday in Abuja, the Executive Director of FAME Foundation, Arabirin Aderonke Atoyebi, said that gender-based violence is not just a personal or family issue but a…
25 Nov
One woman was killed by a partner or relative every 10 minutes worldwide in 2023, the United Nations warned Monday, stressing that femicides remained at "alarmingly high levels". Almost 85,000 women and girls were murdered by people last year, according to a joint report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and…
8 Sep
Ololade Ajayi, the founder of DOHS Cares Foundation, has raised the alarm over the increasing number of femicides in Nigeria, stating that 76 cases of women and girls being murdered by intimate partners, relatives, or acquaintances have been recorded this year alone. “These killings often stem from minor disputes or rejections, highlighting deep-rooted gender inequality,”…
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An American man was sentenced to 42 years in prison in Bogota on Tuesday for the murder of a famous Colombian DJ, in a case that drew international outrage from women's rights activists. John Nelson Poulos was arrested in January 2023 in Panama while on the run from Colombian authorities for the murder of 23-year-old…
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