Incidents of sexism / gender-based violence around the world

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September 2026

• 88-year-old woman allegedly killed by her spouse in San Sebastián de los Reyes

  An 88-year-old woman was allegedly killed by her spouse in the Madrid municipality of San Sebastián de los Reyes.

  Sep 11 · San Sebastián de los Reyes, Spain3 sources

• University student killed in suspected attempted rape in Londrina

  A 21-year-old university student was stabbed to death in the Zona Leste of Londrina after a man allegedly tried to sexually assault her; she fought back and was killed.

  Sep 11 · Londrina, Brazil1 source

• Trump verbally dismisses and steps toward ABC reporter Rachel Scott

  President Donald Trump told ABC reporter Rachel Scott 'You're the worst' and stepped toward her as she tried to ask questions on the tarmac before departing Dallas.

  Sep 10 · Dallas, United States1 source

• Minor girl reported harassed and touched by man in Skopje

  A woman reported to police in Skopje that her minor daughter was harassed and touched on the body by a 63-year-old man, a friend of her husband.

  Sep 9 · Skopje, North Macedonia1 source

• 11-year-old girl gives birth after sexual assault in Brazil

  An 11-year-old girl gave birth in Curitibanos, Santa Catarina, after being sexually assaulted; police opened a rape investigation and the girl and newborn were taken to hospital.

  Sep 9 · Curitibanos, Brazil1 source

• 18-year-old woman killed in Ituzaingó; her boyfriend detained

  An 18-year-old woman was found fatally wounded in the neck in Ituzaingó and died at a hospital; her 19-year-old boyfriend was arrested the following day.

  Sep 8 · Ituzaingó, Argentina1 source

• Woman assaulted by husband on farm in Confresa

  A 28-year-old woman was attacked by her husband at a farm in Confresa, Brazil, after she decided to end the relationship.

  Sep 7 · Confresa, Brazil1 source

• Man beat and tried to strangle his mother; shot dead by police in Kyiv

  In Kyiv's Solomianskyi district, police responded to a domestic-violence call where a man had beaten and tried to strangle his mother.

  Sep 7 · Kyiv, Ukraine1 source

• Woman abducted and gang-raped by four hooded men in Criciúma

  A 22-year-old woman was forced into a car by four hooded men and sexually assaulted in the Pinheirinho neighborhood of Criciúma, Santa Catarina.

  Sep 7 · Criciúma, Brazil1 source

• Senator called congresswoman 'niña' during debate, sparking misogyny accusations

  During a televised debate, the second vice president of Colombia's Senate, Alejandro Ocampo, repeatedly addressed congresswoman Carol Borda as 'niña' while questioning her.

  Sep 7 · Colombia1 source

• Man arrested after altercation with woman in CMU dorm room

  An 18-year-old man allegedly entered a woman's dorm room at Colorado Mesa University without her consent, and a verbal dispute turned into a physical altercation in which he took her phone to stop her calling 911.

  Sep 6 · Grand Junction, United States1 source

• Woman raped and killed in vacant lot in Nerópolis

  A 61-year-old woman was found dead in a vacant lot in Nerópolis after being taken there by a man she had met the night before; police said she was assaulted and sexually violated.

  Sep 6 · Nerópolis, Brazil1 source

• Man arrested after threatening and assaulting his partner in Unaí

  A 33-year-old man was arrested after threatening his 21-year-old partner with a kitchen knife and punching her, leaving bruises and abrasions.

  Sep 6 · Unaí, Brazil1 source

• Woman sexually assaulted inside her home in Rio Pardo

  A 36-year-old woman was attacked and sexually assaulted inside her own residence in Bairro Fortaleza, Rio Pardo, in the early hours of the morning.

  Sep 6 · Rio Pardo, Brazil1 source

• Woman abducted from home, sexually assaulted by ex-husband

  A 28-year-old woman was taken from her home in Bonito by three men hired by her ex-husband, who held her under threat, punched her in the abdomen, and sexually assaulted her at a hotel in Dourados.

  Sep 6 · Bonito, Brazil1 source

• Erasmus student reports being raped in Milan apartment

  A 25-year-old Scottish Erasmus student was taken to a specialized clinic in Milan after reporting she had been raped in an apartment near Piazzale Loreto by a 25-year-old fellow student.

  Sep 6 · Milan, Italy1 source

• Woman, husband and child found shot dead in burning Maywood home

  A woman in her late 40s, her husband and their young son were found shot dead inside a burning home in Maywood, Los Angeles County.

  Sep 5 · Maywood, United States1 source

• Doctor found stabbed to death in her apartment in Maringá

  A 37-year-old doctor was found dead with multiple stab wounds in her apartment in Maringá, Paraná, and her former partner was arrested.

  Sep 5 · Maringá, Brazil1 source

• Female cadet at Oradea border police school harassed by male colleague

  A male student at the Border Police Training School in Oradea entered a female student's dormitory room after she refused his visit and behaved inappropriately toward her, scratching her neck.

  Sep 5 · Oradea, Romania1 source

• Female Eiffel Tower staff excluded during Hindu delegation visit

  Female employees at the Eiffel Tower were removed, replaced and made invisible during a visit by a Hindu religious delegation, prompting staff anger and the monument's closure.

  Sep 5 · Paris, France2 sources

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