Incidents of sexism / gender-based violence around the world

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November 2026

• Man attacks ex-wife with knife; she jumps from second floor and is caught by police

  A 37-year-old man attacked his 37-year-old ex-wife inside their shared home, beating her and cutting her with a fruit knife, leaving her with arm wounds, a fractured bone near her left eye and bruising.

  Nov 3 · Hualien City, Taiwan1 source

• Girl allegedly assaulted by father sent back to his home after hospital discharge

  A state assemblywoman in Penang said a girl who was allegedly sexually assaulted by her father was discharged from the hospital and returned to the father's residence instead of being placed in protective care.

  Nov 2 · Penang, Malaysia1 source

• Woman found dead in her home; ex-partner detained

  A 30-year-old mother of three was found dead in her home after being reported missing when no one picked up her daughter from school.

  Nov 2 · General Rodríguez, Argentina1 source

• Man attacks neighbor with knife and axe in Graz apartment building

  A man attacked his 45-year-old neighbor with a kitchen knife and then an axe during an argument in a multi-family building, inflicting life-threatening head, face, neck and torso injuries.

  Nov 2 · Graz, Austria1 source

• Woman killed in violent incident in Pedasí; authorities investigate

  A woman died in a violent incident in the Pedasí district of Los Santos province.

  Nov 2 · Pedasí, Panama1 source

• Woman attacked with knife by ex-partner; suspect arrested

  A woman was attacked and threatened with a knife by her former partner in Salto de Pirapora, suffering injuries to her face and neck and a broken nose that will require surgery.

  Nov 2 · Salto de Pirapora, Brazil2 sources

• Man arrested for kidnapping and raping a minor girl

  A man was arrested for allegedly kidnapping and raping a minor girl in Tohana.

  Nov 2 · Tohana, India1 source

• Police investigate rape report involving an 18-year-old woman

  A 32-year-old man known to an 18-year-old woman was identified as the suspect after police took a rape report in Manhattan.

  Nov 2 · Manhattan, United States3 sources

• Doctor shot dead in bar; ex-boyfriend suspected of ordering killing

  A 39-year-old doctor was shot twice while sitting with friends at a bar in Brasiléia.

  Nov 2 · Brasiléia, Brazil1 source

• Man detained in Odemira for domestic violence against his partner

  A 59-year-old man was detained in Odemira on suspicion of threatening to kill and physically and psychologically abusing his 38-year-old partner.

  Nov 2 · Odemira, Portugal4 sources

• Israeli broadcaster's presenter apologizes for remarks about Bedouin women

  A presenter on Israel's public broadcaster Kan described Bedouin women in the Negev as "mostly women who get beaten" and linked their dress to polygamy and violence during a radio interview, prompting complaints from feminist and Bedouin groups and an apology.

  Nov 2 · IsraelRacism1 source

• Woman stabbed to death in her apartment; husband suspected

  A 43-year-old woman was found stabbed to death in her apartment in Petah Tikva.

  Nov 2 · Petah Tikva, Israel2 sources

• Reality TV winner says man photographed her nude and assaulted her

  Yuval Ma'atuk, winner of "Big Brother" 2023, said a man she was involved with in Migdal HaEmek took a nude photo of her without her knowledge and posted it on Instagram, and later used physical force on her in her apartment while she told him to stop.

  Nov 2 · Migdal HaEmek, Israel1 source

• Teen arrested after serious sexual assault on Glasgow street

  A serious sexual assault took place on Cathedral Street in Glasgow's city center.

  Nov 2 · Glasgow, United Kingdom1 source

• Woman stabbed multiple times by her husband in Port-Louis

  A 32-year-old security guard was stabbed several times by her husband, a prison officer, in a room on rue d'Entrecasteaux.

  Nov 2 · Port-Louis, Mauritius1 source

• Man assaulted woman with handgun in intimate partner violence

  A 19-year-old man assaulted a woman in Brampton in a case of intimate partner violence involving a handgun, police said.

  Nov 2 · Brampton, Canada2 sources

• Woman found strangled in Culiacán apartment after domestic violence report

  A woman was found dead with signs of strangulation inside a third-floor apartment in the Alturas del Sur neighborhood of Culiacán, after emergency lines received a report of domestic violence at the unit.

  Nov 2 · Culiacán, Mexico2 sources

• Man arrested after domestic assault left woman bruised

  A 29-year-old woman reported that a man grabbed her face and struck her in the face and the back of her head with a closed fist, leaving bruising and redness.

  Nov 2 · Grand Island, United States1 source

• Family reports death of 15-year-old girl after alleged abuse and public exposure

  The family of a 15-year-old girl in Limoeiro de Anadia told police she died after ingesting poison, reportedly after being publicly exposed as her brother-in-law's lover; residents believe she was a victim of sexual abuse by the brother-in-law, and police are investigating possible sexual violence.

  Nov 2 · Limoeiro de Anadia, Brazil1 source

• Man on bail for sexual offense stabs girl who accused him, and a neighbor

  A man out on bail in a sexual-offense case broke into the home of the girl who had accused him, beat and stabbed her, and stabbed a neighbor who tried to stop him.

  Nov 2 · Kerala, India1 source

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