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Black women in London facing ‘crisis’ as higher femicide rates revealed

Black women in London are said to be facing a “crisis”, with higher rates of femicide in the capital than other ethnic groups, figures suggest. Femicide broadly refers to the killing of a woman or girl because of her gender, highlighting the issue ...

28 May 2024 at 16:40

World

Australian prime minister vows new funding to help women escape male violence

The Australian prime minister announced new funding on Wednesday to help women escape domestic violence and crack down on misogynistic online content. It comes in reaction to an uptick in homicides committed by current and former male partners ...

01 May 2024 at 06:20

Northern Ireland

Tackling femicide ‘epidemic’ needs to begin with education, MLAs told

Tackling a femicide “epidemic” in Northern Ireland needs to begin with educating young people over gender equality and misogyny, MLAs have been told. Stormont’s Education Committee also heard a claim that LGBT young people are being failed by ...

16 Oct 2024 at 18:17

World

Riot police fire gas and block Women’s Day march in Istanbul

Turkish riot police set up barricades and fired pepper gas to block demonstrators from joining an International Women’s Day march in central Istanbul. At least 38 women were detained, media reports said. As in previous years, authorities ...

08 Mar 2022 at 19:25

World

Thousands protest in Kenya after at least 14 women killed in January

Thousands of people are marching in cities and towns across Kenya during protests over the recent killings of more than a dozen women. The anti-femicide demonstration was the largest event ever held in the country against sexual and ...

27 Jan 2024 at 14:50

World

Activists pour paint down Rome’s Spanish Steps in outrage over femicide in Italy

Police have detained several activists who poured red paint down Rome’s famed Spanish Steps to raise awareness about femicide in Italy. The protesters, from an organisation called Bruciamo Tutto, or Let’s Burn Everything, spilled ...

26 Jun 2024 at 15:14

National News

Teen boy took selfie with Offaly woman's faceless body after bludgeoning her with hammer

A teenage boy used a sledgehammer and a lump hammer to bludgeon 51-year-old Lorna Woodnutt to death before posting a video on Snapchat and sending a selfie with the victim's faceless body, the Central Criminal Court has heard. ...

22 Jul 2024 at 18:44

Local News

Teen boy took selfie with Offaly woman's faceless body after bludgeoning her with hammer

22 Jul 2024 at 19:33

Crime

‘My best friend was killed by her husband – I’m running the London Marathon to honour the hundreds of others like her’

A woman whose best friend was killed by her husband after he beat her to death with a claw hammer is running the London Marathon to raise awareness for the 110 women killed by men in the UK during the last year. On October ...

10 Apr 2026 at 06:30

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