Incidents of sexism / gender-based violence around the world

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November 2026

• Man arrested after assaulting his partner in Ponta Grossa

  A 27-year-old man was arrested after physically assaulting his 23-year-old partner, who had bruises on her body, in the Chapada neighborhood of Ponta Grossa.

  Nov 2 · Ponta Grossa, Brazil1 source

• Man arrested after admitting he assaulted his partner

  A man was arrested after he admitted to assaulting his partner, who had a purple bruise around her eye, during a domestic-violence call attended by the Maria da Penha Patrol.

  Nov 2 · União dos Palmares, Brazil1 source

• Man confesses to attempted rape of stepdaughter and AI sexual images of her

  A 27-year-old man told military police responding to a traffic accident that he had tried to sexually assault his stepdaughter, a child, and had used an AI tool the day before to produce sexual images of her stored on his cell phone.

  Nov 2 · São José de Piranhas, Brazil2 sources

• Woman flees to shelter after partner threatens her with knife

  A woman was threatened with a knife by her partner and fled her home to a shelter for battered women with police assistance; her partner fled to the West Bank and is being sought by police.

  Nov 2 · Israel1 source

• Two minor girls raped, another held captive in Khunti district

  Three men allegedly took two girls to separate places on motorcycles after a party and sexually assaulted them, while two others kept one girl's sister captive in an under-construction farmhouse in Khunti district.

  Nov 2 · Khunti, India1 source

• Cuban woman and her son assaulted and threatened by her husband

  A 45-year-old Cuban woman and her son were assaulted and threatened by her 70-year-old husband in the Caratoíra neighborhood of Vitória.

  Nov 2 · Vitória, Brazil1 source

• State assemblyman investigated over beating of his wife at home

  A 36-year-old woman reported to police that her husband, a state assemblyman, beat her at their home.

  Nov 2 · Penang, Malaysia1 source

• Teen detained for repeated sexual assault of 10-year-old girl

  A 16-year-old boy was taken into custody after a 10-year-old girl disclosed that he had assaulted her multiple times over six months at her home in Balehonnur, police said.

  Nov 2 · Balehonnur, India1 source

• Sexist Telegram group shares women's intimate photos without consent

  A Telegram group called "Phica – La rinascita" has reappeared online where thousands of men share and comment on intimate photos of women, often taken or posted without their knowledge or consent.

  Nov 2 · Italy1 source

• Man threatens partner with knife and damages her car

  A man threatened his 47-year-old partner with a knife and damaged her car after she caught him at a nightclub.

  Nov 2 · São Bernardo, Brazil1 source

• Woman fakes pizza order to call police; husband arrested for threats

  A man threatened to kill his wife with a handmade knife during an argument in their apartment and later placed a rifle on the table.

  Nov 2 · Ipatinga, Brazil3 sources

• Woman shot dead by her partner at rural home

  A 64-year-old woman was shot three times, including a fatal wound to the head, by her partner at the home they shared in a rural area of Itacurubi.

  Nov 2 · Itacurubi, Brazil1 source

• Man breaks into ex-wife's home, rapes and threatens her

  A man broke into his ex-wife's house through a window, violating a protective order, and raped and threatened to kill her.

  Nov 2 · Dourados, Brazil1 source

• Man accused of punching and kicking his partner at home

  A 31-year-old man was taken to a police station after his 26-year-old partner said he punched and kicked her during an argument at her home, leaving a hematoma on her left knee.

  Nov 1 · Lucas do Rio Verde, Brazil2 sources

• Trans sex workers beaten with sticks in Buenos Aires park

  A group of men attacked trans sex workers with sticks and other objects near the Lago de Regatas in the Bosques de Palermo, recording the assault and posting the images online with discriminatory messages.

  Nov 1 · Buenos Aires, Argentina3 sources

• Man accused of raping and strangling 3-year-old girl in Uttar Pradesh

  A 30-year-old man is accused of luring a 3-year-old girl who was playing outside his home, then raping and strangling her in a nearby field in a village in Hamirpur district.

  Nov 1 · Uttar Pradesh, India1 source

• Man stabs wife, puncturing her lung, in Cuiabá

  A man stabbed his 33-year-old wife in the ribs with a knife, puncturing her lung, in the Vila Cuiabá neighborhood of Cuiabá.

  Nov 1 · Cuiabá, Brazil2 sources

• Man beats ex-partner, douses her in alcohol and threatens to burn her

  A man physically attacked his ex-partner in her apartment, threw ethyl alcohol over her and threatened to set her on fire.

  Nov 1 · Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina2 sources

• Provincial police beaten and detained a young woman and her brother, groups say

  A 20-year-old woman and her brother were beaten and detained by provincial police in the center of Santa Rosa in the early hours of Sunday, according to human rights and political groups that condemned the officers' actions.

  Nov 1 · Santa Rosa, Argentina2 sources

• Law student found dead in hostel after alleged sexual abuse, refused marriage

  A 30-year-old second-year law student was found dead by suicide in her hostel room at Satavahana University.

  Nov 1 · Karimnagar, India1 source

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