Incidents of sexism / gender-based violence around the world

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March 2026

• Mother and baby daughter stabbed to death at family home

  A 38-year-old woman and her one-year-old daughter were found dead from edged-weapon injuries at their family home in Logan, Queensland, after a man was struck by a vehicle nearby.

  Mar 12 · Logan, Australia1 source

• TV host says trans congresswoman 'is not a woman' on national broadcast

  On his SBT program, presenter Ratinho said federal deputy Erika Hilton 'is not a woman, she is trans' and repeatedly claimed only women with a uterus and who menstruate can be women, questioning her election to chair the Chamber's Women's Rights Committee.

  Mar 11 · Sao Paulo, BrazilQueer Discrimination2 sources

• Man arrested after attacking partner and child at home in Ohrid

  A 44-year-old man was arrested after he physically attacked his unmarried partner and their minor child in the family home in Ohrid.

  Mar 10 · Ohrid, North Macedonia1 source

• Man kills ex-partner and her parents in New Jersey home

  A man entered a home on Fairwood Drive, shot and killed the parents of his three children's mother, then chased and shot her dead before killing himself.

  Mar 10 · Berkeley Township, United States1 source

• Man detained after attacking his wife with a sharp object in Gostivar-area village

  In a village in the Gostivar area, a 21-year-old man was detained after his 23-year-old unmarried wife reported that he behaved aggressively and physically attacked her, using a sharp object.

  Mar 10 · Gostivar, North Macedonia1 source

• Intentional fire in Miranda de Ebro kills three women

  An intentional fire in Miranda de Ebro killed three women and injured four other people; by mid-morning it was being treated as a case of gender-based violence.

  Mar 10 · Miranda de Ebro, Spain2 sources

• Mother arrested for sexually abusing her two young daughters

  A 33-year-old woman was arrested in the Baixada Fluminense, in the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan region, on suspicion of sexually abusing her two daughters, aged 4 and 9, and of producing and sharing child sexual abuse material online.

  Mar 10 · Baixada Fluminense, Brazil1 source

• Ex-wife accuses Manaus city councillor of domestic violence

  A woman reported her ex-husband, a Manaus city councillor, to the women's crimes unit for domestic violence, and a court granted a protective measure ordering him out of the home.

  Mar 9 · Manaus, Brazil1 source

• Students pose forming 'todas putas' phrase at Zaragoza high school

  A group of 2nd-year Baccalaureate students at IES Goya in Zaragoza posed for a photograph forming the phrase 'todas putas' with their hands, prompting families to demand action from the school.

  Mar 9 · Zaragoza, Spain1 source

• Public servant arrested for suspected rape of two children in Cacoal

  Two children were taken to a hospital in Cacoal with signs of sexual violence, and a public servant was arrested on suspicion of raping them.

  Mar 9 · Cacoal, Brazil1 source

• Woman killed at home in Regência; partner arrested for femicide

  A woman was found dead inside her home in Regência, in Linhares, and her 50-year-old partner was arrested on suspicion of qualified femicide in a domestic-violence context.

  Mar 9 · Linhares, Brazil1 source

• Teenage girl gang-raped in Senador José Porfírio, Pará

  A 14-year-old girl was the victim of a gang rape in Senador José Porfírio, Pará, Brazil, as part of continuous sexual abuse over several years.

  Mar 8 · Senador José Porfírio, Brazil1 source

• Woman killed by husband in Uberaba on International Women's Day

  A municipal guard shot his wife in the head at their home in Uberaba after a jealous argument, in front of their eight-year-old daughter.

  Mar 8 · Uberaba, Brazil1 source

• 10-year-old Christian girl targeted in attempted rape in Pakistan

  A 10-year-old Christian girl was the target of an attempted rape in Manawarabad village in Sheikhupura District, Punjab, according to police who registered a case.

  Mar 7 · Sheikhupura, Pakistan1 source

• Kerala minister's wife alleges she was restrained and assaulted at his home

  Bindu Menon, wife of Kerala Transport Minister KB Ganesh Kumar, says that after arriving unannounced at his ancestral home she was forcibly restrained, had her phone seized, and was locked in a room and overpowered by the minister's aides before she escaped.

  Mar 7 · Kerala, India1 source

• Man arrested after attacking and raping his wife in Skopje

  A 43-year-old man was arrested after he physically attacked and raped his 40-year-old wife in the family home in the Šuto Orizari area of Skopje, where the couple had not been living together for some time.

  Mar 7 · Skopje, North Macedonia1 source

• 16-year-old girl raped and killed in Surkhet community forest

  A 16-year-old girl was raped and killed in a community forest near Birendranagar-4, Surkhet.

  Mar 7 · Birendranagar, Nepal1 source

• Man arrested over sexual abuse of his two-year-old daughter

  A 25-year-old man was arrested in Alvarães, Amazonas, accused of sexually abusing his two-year-old daughter.

  Mar 6 · Alvarães, Brazil1 source

• Man arrested for violating protective order at ex-wife's home

  A man under a court order to stay away from his ex-wife entered her home in São Bernardo and refused to leave; municipal guards arrested him for violating the protective order.

  Mar 5 · São Bernardo, Brazil1 source

• Man arrested after attacking mother and ex-partner in Manacapuru

  A 29-year-old man attacked his 67-year-old mother, pushing and choking her and threatening to kill her, then violated a protective order against his 36-year-old ex-partner, insulting and threatening her, in Manacapuru, Brazil.

  Mar 5 · Manacapuru, Brazil1 source

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