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Turkey – Increase in Femicide Killings & Sexual Assault of Women & Girls

Femicide is the gender-related crime where females, from embryo to fetus, infant to child, adult to old, are murdered or forced to commit suicide by a man merely because “they are females” or because “they are acting against the social codes of their gender identity”. Femicides must not be perceived as murders in which only …

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Cyprus serial killer case exposes abuse of migrant women

Cyprus has been left devastated after an army officer confessed to the murder of five migrant women and two girls, in what is believed to be the island’s first serial killing.  By Rosie Blunt –  May 2,  2019 Amid the shock, protesters have accused police of failing properly to investigate the victims’ disappearances because of …

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Rwanda – President Orders Release of Women & Girls Jailed for Abortions

Women’s rights activists welcome the presidential pardon of 367 female prisoners as evidence of progress. By Samuel Okiror – April 5, 2019 The women are expected to be released immediately under the presidential prerogative. “Pursuant to the powers conferred upon him by the laws … the president of the republic informed the cabinet meeting that …

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Greece: Violence against women-an overview

The most serious factor undermining women’s lives Speech of Sissy Vovou* in the Summer University of Rosa Luxembourg Foundation in Belgrade,  3-10-2018 More than 150 participants from 90 countries, majority women, in the summer University of Rosa Luxemburg Foundation in Belgrade, 30-9 to 4-10 2018. Unfortunately due to many obligations I was unable to make a …

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