Incidents of sexism / gender-based violence around the world

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August 2026

• Older woman dies after sexual violence in San Bernardo, Nariño

  An older woman was the victim of sexual violence in the municipality of San Bernardo, Nariño, and died while receiving medical care at a hospital in Pasto.

  Aug 29 · San Bernardo, Colombia1 source

• Man arrested after assaulting wife and 3-year-old son in Santarém

  A man was arrested after assaulting his wife and their 3-year-old son at their home in the Diamantino neighborhood of Santarém, Pará.

  Aug 29 · Santarém, Brazil1 source

• Woman found stabbed to death in Isla Cristina; partner detained

  A 47-year-old woman was found dead with multiple stab wounds on a public street in Isla Cristina, Huelva.

  Aug 28 · Isla Cristina, Spain1 source

• Woman writes plea for help in medical record; husband arrested for assault

  A woman with visible injuries from beatings went to Hospital Cristo Rei in Ibiporã and wrote a plea for help inside her own medical record to denounce her abusive husband.

  Aug 27 · Ibiporã, Brazil1 source

• Bristol police officer charged with domestic assault of woman

  A Bristol, Tennessee police officer was charged with simple assault involving domestic violence after allegedly following a woman, repeatedly calling and texting her, and demanding she let him into her workplace in Johnson City.

  Aug 25 · Johnson City, United States1 source

• Man kills estranged wife in murder-suicide at Las Vegas apartment

  A man broke into his estranged wife's apartment near Nellis Boulevard and Tropicana Avenue and shot her before turning the gun on himself.

  Aug 24 · Las Vegas, United States1 source

• Off-duty military police arrested over rape of 17-year-old in São Paulo

  Two off-duty military police officers allegedly robbed three young people and raped a 17-year-old girl in São Paulo's east zone after she and a friend rejected their sexual advances.

  Aug 24 · São Paulo, Brazil3 sources

• Man sought after three people hacked to death with a spade in North West

  Three people, including two sisters, were found hacked to death with a spade at a house in South Africa's North West province.

  Aug 23 · Moeka Vuma, South Africa3 sources

• Woman reports rape and domestic violence by estranged husband

  A 35-year-old woman in Thessaloniki reported that her 44-year-old estranged husband forced her into sexual acts, hit her in the face, and prevented her from leaving the apartment.

  Aug 23 · Thessaloniki, Greece2 sources

• Woman hospitalized with bruises after assault by partner in Rio Claro

  A 45-year-old woman was hospitalized with bruises across her body after reporting that her partner physically and sexually assaulted her at their home in the Guarita neighborhood.

  Aug 23 · Rio Claro, Brazil1 source

• Elderly woman dies after violent fall during robbery in Bucaramanga

  An 84-year-old woman was robbed of her belongings in a 'raponazo' in Bucaramanga; the force of the attack made her fall violently to the pavement, causing serious injuries.

  Aug 22 · Bucaramanga, Colombia1 source

• Spanish tourist, 19, reports being raped twice in hours in Salento

  A 19-year-old Spanish tourist reported being raped twice within hours while on holiday in the Salento area, first by a taxi driver and then by a man she met at a bar.

  Aug 22 · Lecce, Italy2 sources

• Woman allegedly shot dead by intimate partner in Ventersburg

  A woman was allegedly shot dead by her intimate partner in Ventersburg, Free State, prompting calls for communities to reject the normalisation of violence against women.

  Aug 22 · Ventersburg, South Africa1 source

• Man fatally shoots wife at Plattekill home before killing himself

  A 66-year-old man shot and killed his 54-year-old wife at their home on Milton Turnpike in the Town of Plattekill, then took his own life.

  Aug 21 · Plattekill, United States6 sources

• Grade 8 girl sexually assaulted in school toilets by two male pupils

  Two male pupils allegedly followed a Grade 8 girl into the girls' toilet area at Villa Liza Secondary School, restrained her and tried to remove her clothing before fleeing when staff approached.

  Aug 20 · Boksburg, South Africa1 source

• Woman beaten and threatened by husband in Kavalerovo

  A woman in the settlement of Kavalerovo has endured about a year of beatings and death threats from her husband, who attacks her when he comes to visit their children.

  Aug 19 · Kavalerovo, Russia1 source

• Three-year-old girl raped and killed in Bara, Nepal

  A three-year-old girl in Jitpursimara, Bara, Nepal was raped and killed; her body was found in an empty room of a house after she went missing from home.

  Aug 18 · Jitpursimara, Nepal1 source

• Woman beaten unconscious in domestic attack in Grajaú, São Paulo

  A man attacked his partner in a residence in Grajaú, São Paulo, leaving her unconscious with injuries to her head and face.

  Aug 17 · São Paulo, Brazil1 source

• Mother arrested for holding daughter captive and abusing her

  A woman was arrested after police found her adolescent daughter held against her will in a home in São Gonçalo, where the girl reported beatings, threats, and prior sexual violence.

  Aug 17 · São Gonçalo, Brazil1 source

• Man assaults ex-partner in her home in front of her children

  A man broke into his ex-partner's home in Loreto, insulted her out of jealousy, pulled her hair and punched her repeatedly in front of her young children, then fled after threatening to return and kill her.

  Aug 17 · Loreto, Argentina1 source

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