Incidents of sexism / gender-based violence around the world

Incidents over time

Every incident

Incidents 131–150 of 827, newest first. See the newest

October 2026

• Woman threatened with death by partner; police seize firearms

  A 44-year-old woman reported to military police that her 43-year-old partner had threatened to kill her and had used a firearm to intimidate her.

  Oct 25 · Lajinha, Brazil1 source

• Man arrested over sexual assault of woman at Madrid's Sol camp

  A 26-year-old man was arrested by National Police over the alleged sexual assault of a 22-year-old woman inside one of the tents at the Puerta del Sol protest camp in Madrid.

  Oct 25 · Madrid, Spain1 source

• Woman killed in Vitomiricë after reporting domestic violence

  A woman was killed in Vitomiricë, near Peja, allegedly by her former brother-in-law; shortly before her death she had reported a domestic violence case at the Peja police station.

  Oct 25 · Vitomiricë, Kosovo1 source

• Man arrested after threatening daughter and stabbing grandson who intervened

  A 62-year-old man threatened to kill his 37-year-old daughter and ordered her out of the house; when his 18-year-old grandson intervened to defend her, the man stabbed the youth in the head and arm.

  Oct 25 · Palestina, Brazil1 source

• Man arrested for strangling and stabbing his partner

  A man was arrested after strangling and stabbing his 32-year-old partner in the neck in Núcleo Bandeirante.

  Oct 25 · Núcleo Bandeirante, Brazil1 source

• Two minor girls taken to Una, pressured to convert; one raped

  Two minor girls from Kodinar were taken to Una in Mehsana district, where they were allegedly pressured to abandon Hinduism and convert to Islam, and one of the girls was raped.

  Oct 24 · Una, India1 source

• Man assaults woman in domestic violence incident at Alice Springs home

  A 31-year-old man allegedly struck a 33-year-old woman several times in the face in the kitchen of a home in Alice Springs, then assaulted a three-year-old boy in the hallway.

  Oct 24 · Alice Springs, Australia1 source

• Ride-hailing driver accused of sexually abusing a passenger

  A 30-year-old woman reported that a ride-hailing driver touched her sexually during a trip to her home in Lo Prado while she was under the influence of a substance.

  Oct 23 · Lo Prado, Chile1 source

• Teenage girl sexually assaulted; a man is suspected and detained

  A man is suspected of sexually assaulting a teenage girl in Sam Sam 3, in the Pikine-Guédiawaye area.

  Oct 22 · Pikine-Guédiawaye, Senegal1 source

• Man shoots ex-wife and her sister-in-law, then flees in Granada

  A man shot his ex-wife and her sister-in-law, both aged 36 and 39, in the Norte district of Granada, wounding them in the chest and abdomen, then fled by car.

  Oct 22 · Granada, Spain1 source

• University student in Blumenau receives rape threats and racial slurs

  A female student at Furb university in Blumenau received anonymous private messages threatening rape and sexual violence and containing racial insults, which the academic center denounced publicly.

  Oct 22 · Blumenau, Brazil1 source

• Armed man breaks into ex-partner's home, holds her and daughters

  A man forced his way into his ex-partner's house, where she was locked in a room with her three young daughters, and threatened her and responding police officers with a knife before being subdued by an officer's shotgun shot.

  Oct 22 · María Grande, Argentina2 sources

• Intimate photos of schoolgirls shared without consent at Rosario school

  Photographs of female secondary students at a religious school in Rosario circulated among classmates without their consent, with suspicion that some were altered using artificial intelligence to create fake nude images.

  Oct 21 · Rosario, Argentina1 source

• Man arrested for sexual abuse of 11-year-old stepdaughter

  A 67-year-old man was arrested in the Oitizeiro neighbourhood of João Pessoa after his 11-year-old stepdaughter reported being sexually abused by him at home.

  Oct 20 · João Pessoa, Brazil1 source

• Woman, 52, stabbed to death in Madrid; investigated as gender violence

  A 52-year-old woman was found with multiple stab wounds on calle Ontanilla in Madrid's Carabanchel district and died after being taken to hospital.

  Oct 20 · Madrid, Spain4 sources

• Man arrested after police hear woman's cries for help in Bacuri

  Police officers at a station in Bacuri heard a woman calling for help from a neighboring house and found a man holding a knife, apparently about to strike her.

  Oct 18 · Bacuri, Brazil1 source

• Shop owner arrested for molesting eight children in Karawang

  A shop owner was arrested on suspicion of molesting seven boys and one girl at his shop in Karawang Barat.

  Oct 18 · Karawang Barat, Indonesia2 sources

• Woman stabbed to death after trying to end relationship

  A woman was stabbed in the back and left arm during an argument with her former partner inside her home, after she said she wanted to end the relationship.

  Oct 17 · Juazeiro, Brazil1 source

• Woman killed in alleged femicide in El Líbano, Colombia

  A 28-year-old woman died after being shot, allegedly by her partner, in El Líbano, Colombia.

  Oct 15 · El Líbano, Colombia1 source

• German exchange student sexually assaulted by two strangers in Milan

  A 21-year-old German exchange student was attacked from behind and sexually assaulted by two unknown men near Parco Trotter in Milan.

  Oct 15 · Milan, Italy4 sources

Other categories

• Racism 479
• Religious Discrimination 318
• Queer Discrimination 89
• Xenophobia 141