Incidents of sexism / gender-based violence around the world

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February 2026

• BBB 26 contestant makes misogynistic remark

  During the BBB 26 reality show, one contestant told another that she was not born from rape but from bad sex.

  Feb 25 · Brazil1 source

• Woman fatally shot by ex-partner at San Jose shopping center

  A man fatally shot a woman, an employee at a waxing business, in the parking lot of the El Paseo de Saratoga shopping center in West San Jose, then turned the gun on himself.

  Feb 24 · San Jose, United States2 sources

• Exchange student attacked in attempted sexual assault near Villa Borghese

  A 21-year-old British exchange student was grabbed from behind, thrown behind a hedge and pinned to the ground by a man in the Villa Borghese area of Rome before a passing taxi driver's headlights scared the attacker away.

  Feb 23 · Rome, Italy2 sources

• Man kills wife and daughter in meat cleaver attack at Virginia apartment

  A man attacked his wife and daughter with a meat cleaver inside their apartment in the Mantua area of Fairfax County, Virginia, killing both women; he was shot and killed by police.

  Feb 23 · Mantua, United States4 sources

• Woman beaten by ex-partner who had a restraining order against her

  A 27-year-old woman was beaten on various parts of her body by her 25-year-old ex-partner, who was subject to a restraining order against her, in Tudela.

  Feb 22 · Tudela, Spain1 source

• College student alleges gang rape by friends in Bengaluru

  A 19-year-old female college student in Bengaluru's Jakkur area alleged she was taken to a party, given a tablet and gang-raped while unconscious by her friends; a complaint was filed at Amruthahalli police station.

  Feb 22 · Bengaluru, India1 source

• Trancista found dead in Araguari; police treat case as femicide

  A 27-year-old hairdresser was found dead in a house in Araguari, with signs of strangulation and sexual violence.

  Feb 22 · Araguari, Brazil1 source

• Man arrested after infant daughter found with signs of sexual abuse

  A 23-year-old man was arrested after his five-month-old daughter was brought to a health unit in Barra de Santo Antônio with injuries consistent with sexual violence and abuse.

  Feb 22 · Barra de Santo Antônio, Brazil1 source

• Man detained in Ohrid after assaulting his wife at home

  A 40-year-old man in Ohrid was detained by police after he physically assaulted his wife in the family home.

  Feb 22 · Ohrid, North Macedonia1 source

• Elderly nun found dead with signs of assault in Paraná convent

  An 82-year-old nun was found dead in a convent in Ivaí, Paraná, with signs of physical aggression and partially removed clothing.

  Feb 21 · Ivaí, Brazil2 sources

• Man shoots woman, then kills himself in Philadelphia home

  A man shot a 25-year-old woman multiple times and then shot and killed himself inside a home on Milne Street in Philadelphia, while their children were inside.

  Feb 20 · Philadelphia, United States1 source

• Pastor arrested over sexual abuse of 12-year-old girl in Colinas

  A pastor in Colinas, Tocantins, was arrested on a preventive warrant after investigators found he had sexually abused a 12-year-old girl for about six months under the pretext of adopting her.

  Feb 20 · Colinas, Brazil1 source

• Man kills son and gravely wounds wife in Arona, Tenerife

  A 35-year-old man killed his 10-year-old son and gravely wounded his 26-year-old wife with a machete in a housing block in Arona, Tenerife.

  Feb 20 · Arona, Spain6 sources

• Woman killed in gender-violence attack in Sarriguren

  A woman was killed and another woman was injured in a gender-violence attack in Sarriguren, Navarra.

  Feb 20 · Sarriguren, Spain2 sources

• Man dies after attacking ex-partner at her home in Cartagena

  A man with a recently expired restraining order attacked his ex-partner at her home in Playa Honda, Cartagena, and then fell to his death from a third-floor window.

  Feb 19 · Cartagena, Spain1 source

• Municipal official kills his two children in Itumbiara, Brazil

  A 40-year-old municipal official in Itumbiara, Goiás, shot his 12- and 8-year-old children inside the family home and then killed himself; the case is being investigated as possible violence against the children to harm their mother, who is considered a victim.

  Feb 18 · Itumbiara, Brazil3 sources

• Woman found strangled in Madrid home; ex-partner detained

  A 37-year-old woman was found dead in her bed with signs of strangulation at her home in Madrid.

  Feb 18 · Madrid, Spain5 sources

• Woman killed in her São Paulo apartment; husband suspected

  A military police officer was found shot in the head in the apartment she shared with her husband in the Brás area of central São Paulo.

  Feb 18 · São Paulo, Brazil1 source

• Man stabs ex-wife to death in her Hyderabad home

  A man broke into his ex-wife's apartment in Hyderabad, forced his way into her room, and fatally stabbed her multiple times in the head.

  Feb 18 · Hyderabad, India2 sources

• Pregnant software engineer murdered by ex-husband in Telangana

  A 29-year-old pregnant software engineer was attacked and killed in her apartment by her ex-husband, who entered with knives and a saw and was angry over her second marriage.

  Feb 18 · Vanasthalipuram, India1 source

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