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08 March 2025
Nigeria Has a Femicide Problem It Refuses to Acknowledge
As murders of women surge across the country, activists fight for recognition and justice in a system that refuses to name the crime.
As murders of women surge across the country, activists fight for recognition and justice in a system that refuses to name the crime.
As demonstrations spread across South Africa, community voices question school safety and demand that gender-based violence be declared a national disaster.
As Africa leads global femicide rates, Ethiopian digital activists face doxxing and death threats for demanding justice, embodying this year's #NoExcuse campaign against gender-based violence.
The #EndFemicideMarch, marking the close of 16 days of activism, demanded accountability for Kenya’s femicide epidemic, where a woman is killed every 24 hours.
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The tragic cases of Rebecca Cheptegei and Heaven Awot highlight the devastating impact of gender-based violence and femicide across Kenya and East Africa, fueled by systemic failures and societal indifference.
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The coordinators of the #EndFemicideKE protests are staging another civic action on the day of the opening of the Kenyan Parliament and County Assembly, to demand that women’s lives are secured and perpetrators are punished.
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As Kenyan women continue to push against femicide, Tirop’s Angels, the memorial foundation for Agnes Tirop, has opened a facility that it says, “is a safe space where victims of GBV can run to.”