Incidents of sexism / gender-based violence around the world

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April 2026

• 17-year-old girl shot dead after rejecting harassment in Ceará

  A 17-year-old girl was shot and killed at a convenience store at a gas station in Deputado Irapuan Pinheiro, Ceará, after she refused a man's harassment and offer of money, according to a relative who was with her.

  Apr 25 · Deputado Irapuan Pinheiro, Brazil1 source

• US official calls Brazilian women a 'cursed race' in RAI interview

  Paolo Zampolli, a US special representative for global partnerships, said in an interview with Italian broadcaster RAI that Brazilian women 'make trouble with everyone' and referred to them as a 'cursed race.'

  Apr 25 · Italy1 source

• Minor assaulted in gender-violence attack at Seville fair

  A girl was assaulted in an attack of gender violence at the Seville fair in the early hours; she was taken to a first-aid post and then to a hospital, and the National Police is investigating.

  Apr 24 · Seville, Spain1 source

• Brazilian medical student killed in Ciudad del Este; ex-boyfriend sought

  A 23-year-old Brazilian medical student was found dead in the apartment she shared in Ciudad del Este, Paraguay, with 67 wounds from scissors and a knife.

  Apr 24 · Ciudad del Este, Paraguay1 source

• Medical student at UFPR threatened with gang rape in WhatsApp group

  A female medical student at the Federal University of Paraná was contacted on WhatsApp by an unknown number and shown screenshots of a group in which men allegedly planned to rape her, offering a reward to whoever acted first.

  Apr 24 · Curitiba, Brazil3 sources

• Woman shot and killed at Hartford home by ex-girlfriend

  A 33-year-old woman was found shot dead at her Belden Street residence in Hartford, Connecticut, in what police described as a domestic-violence-related killing; her former girlfriend, identified as a person of interest, was later found dead out of state from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

  Apr 24 · Hartford, United States1 source

• Woman assaulted by her partner in Skopje's Centar area

  A 20-year-old woman reported to Skopje police that she was physically assaulted by her partner in the Centar area of Skopje.

  Apr 23 · Skopje, North Macedonia1 source

• Woman stabbed to death by ex-partner in Seseña, Toledo

  A 43-year-old woman was stabbed to death in Seseña, Toledo, by her 50-year-old ex-partner, who then took his own life.

  Apr 23 · Seseña, Spain1 source

• Gynaecologist files domestic violence and dowry complaint against surgeon husband

  A 38-year-old gynaecologist filed a police complaint in Bhavnagar alleging her husband, a joint and spine surgeon, subjected her to physical abuse, dowry harassment, and threats to kill her and their son, and caused her to undergo a miscarriage.

  Apr 22 · Bhavnagar, India1 source

• Man arrested after stoning ex-partner in the head in Água Quente

  A 39-year-old man was arrested for attempted femicide after attacking his 46-year-old ex-partner with stones to the head and threatening to kill her at a residential condominium in Água Quente, in the Federal District.

  Apr 22 · Água Quente, Brazil1 source

• 14-year-old girl sexually assaulted by four adolescents in Divinópolis

  A 14-year-old girl was approached on the street while walking to school and sexually assaulted by four adolescent boys in the Quinta das Palmeiras neighborhood of Divinópolis, Minas Gerais.

  Apr 22 · Divinópolis, Brazil1 source

• Woman advocate stabbed by husband in domestic dispute

  A 38-year-old woman advocate was allegedly stabbed by her husband during a dispute at their home.

  Apr 22 · Delhi, India1 source

• 12-year-old girl sexually assaulted in Campo Grande, Rio de Janeiro

  A 12-year-old girl was lured to a residence in Campo Grande, in Rio de Janeiro's West Zone, and sexually assaulted by a group of adolescents.

  Apr 22 · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil3 sources

• Two girls, aged 7 and 10, raped by a group in São Paulo

  A group of adolescents raped two girls, aged 7 and 10, in the União de Vila Nova community in São Paulo's São Miguel Paulista subprefecture, recording and sharing the abuse.

  Apr 21 · São Paulo, Brazil9 sources

• Man kills wife and buries her in backyard of family home

  A man killed his wife during an argument and buried her body in the backyard of the home where they lived with their 10-year-old son.

  Apr 21 · Pariquera-Açu, Brazil1 source

• 14-year-old girl shot and killed by her father in Richmond

  A 14-year-old girl was shot by her father in Richmond, Virginia, and died over the weekend; her older brother was also killed and their mother was injured.

  Apr 20 · Richmond, United States1 source

• Woman shot dead while returning home from work in Palestina, Huila

  A 55-year-old woman who sold coffee was intercepted and shot in the back on a street in the San Isidro vereda of Palestina, Huila, as she returned home from work.

  Apr 20 · Palestina, Colombia1 source

• Woman killed after going to a fake job interview in Axochiapan

  A woman who disappeared after leaving home for a supposed job interview was found dead in Axochiapan, Morelos; two people were detained in connection with her killing.

  Apr 20 · Axochiapan, Mexico1 source

• Contestant strangles female partner on live Serbian reality show

  During a live broadcast of the Serbian reality show Elita, a male contestant climbed on top of his female partner and fellow contestant and pressed on her neck, leaving her unable to move, before security intervened and removed him.

  Apr 20 · Belgrade, Serbia1 source

• Ex-stepfather killed 7-year-old girl in Natal, police say

  A 7-year-old girl was found dead in the backyard of her former stepfather's home in the Guarapes neighborhood of Natal.

  Apr 19 · Natal, Brazil1 source

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