Incidents of sexism / gender-based violence around the world

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September 2026

• Woman activist assaulted at Reform UK conference

  A 25-year-old climate activist was pulled down by her hair, hoisted up, and had her shirt ripped by audience members and security at Reform UK's conference, leaving her with bruises and a headache.

  Sep 4 · London, United Kingdom1 source

• Two sisters stabbed to death by their father in Isperih

  Two sisters, aged 10 and 17, were stabbed to death while sleeping by their own father in a house in central Isperih; the father then hanged himself.

  Sep 4 · Isperih, Bulgaria1 source

• Woman killed by ex-partner in Santiago de Cuba

  A 25-year-old woman was assaulted with a sharp object by her ex-partner in La Caoba, near El Cobre, Santiago de Cuba, and died of her injuries.

  Sep 4 · La Caoba, Cuba2 sources

• 15-year-old girl raped behind nightlife venue in Milano Marittima

  A 15-year-old girl was lured behind a nightlife venue in Milano Marittima by a man she knew only by sight and raped.

  Sep 3 · Milano Marittima, Italy1 source

• Woman abducted and thrown off motorway bridge near Florence

  A 45-year-old woman was abducted in the Rifredi area of Florence, forced into the boot of a car and thrown off a bridge on the A1 motorway by her ex-boyfriend.

  Sep 3 · Florence, Italy2 sources

• Man detained after wife reports assault and death threats at home

  A 36-year-old man from the Gostivar area was detained after his 35-year-old wife reported that he physically assaulted and mistreated her in their home and threatened her life.

  Sep 3 · North Macedonia2 sources

• Two women journalists beaten by Delhi Police in Saket

  Two freelance journalists were manhandled and beaten by Delhi Police personnel while covering an event at a hospital in Saket, then taken to Saket Police Station where officers determined their religious identity and hurled religion-specific abuses at them.

  Sep 3 · Saket, India1 source

• Woman killed after domestic-violence abduction in Kentucky

  A man allegedly shot a resident of a home and forced his estranged wife into his vehicle, leading to a pursuit and officer-involved shooting in Daviess County, Kentucky.

  Sep 2 · Daviess County, United States2 sources

• Man kills girlfriend, her two children in Las Vegas apartment

  A man walked into a Las Vegas police substation and confessed to shooting his girlfriend, her teenage daughter, and her young son, who were found dead in an apartment on O'Bannon Drive.

  Sep 1 · Las Vegas, United States1 source

• Woman killed in Barrancabermeja allegedly by her ex-partner

  Génesis Rojas was killed in Barrancabermeja, Colombia, allegedly by her former partner.

  Sep 1 · Barrancabermeja, Colombia1 source

• Male classmate stabs 19-year-old medical student in attempted femicide

  A 19-year-old medical student was stabbed multiple times by a male classmate at the annex building of her university faculty.

  Sep 1 · Montevideo, Uruguay1 source

• Woman thrown from taxi during dispute with partner in Apucarana

  A woman was filmed in a disturbance with her partner inside a taxi on Avenida Minas Gerais in Apucarana, Brazil, and was thrown out of the vehicle.

  Sep 1 · Apucarana, Brazil1 source

• Families report sexual abuse of students at a school in Usme, Bogotá

  Families of students at the Institución Educativa Distrital Diego Montaña Cuéllar in Usme, Bogotá, reported that three minors said they were sexually abused inside the school.

  Sep 1 · Bogotá, Colombia1 source

August 2026

• Woman raped while walking alone in Naples business district

  A woman walking alone at night in the Centro Direzionale area of Naples was attacked and raped by a man; private security guards intervened and police arrested the attacker on charges of aggravated sexual violence.

  Aug 31 · Naples, Italy1 source

• Woman allegedly beaten by husband in Semarang domestic violence case

  A 39-year-old woman was allegedly assaulted by her husband at their home in Mangunharjo, Tugu, Semarang, suffering bruises, a swollen eye and a broken right hand.

  Aug 31 · Semarang, Indonesia1 source

• Teen arrested in Ceuta over sexual assaults on children at migrant centre

  A 17-year-old unaccompanied foreign minor was arrested in Ceuta on suspicion of sexually assaulting four children, two boys and two girls aged 10 to 11, inside a migrant reception centre in the El Príncipe neighbourhood.

  Aug 31 · Ceuta, Spain1 source

• Man arrested for sexually assaulting a young woman on Malvarrosa beach

  A 27-year-old man was arrested after allegedly sexually assaulting a 22-year-old woman on the Malvarrosa beach in Valencia, near the Akuarela nightclub.

  Aug 30 · Valencia, Spain1 source

• 17-year-old girl stabbed in face and back in Bogotá

  A 17-year-old girl was attacked with a bladed weapon in the Canaima sector of Usaquén, in northern Bogotá, suffering serious injuries to her face and back.

  Aug 30 · Bogotá, Colombia1 source

• Man kills partner and four others in domestic dispute near Forest Grove

  A man shot and killed his partner and several other people at a home outside Forest Grove, Oregon, then was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Enumclaw, Washington.

  Aug 29 · Forest Grove, United States1 source

• Villanova student reports being raped in campus residence hall

  A Villanova University student reported being raped in a university residence hall.

  Aug 29 · Villanova, United States1 source

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