Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Thursday signed into law a new bill raising prison terms for femicide to up to 40 years, Agencia Brasil reported, which makes it the highest penalty ...

Her death still raises questions about gender violence in the Amazon region, while the struggle for the recognition of the case as femicide continues. A circus artist and feminist, Hernández arrived ...

More than 200 people were arrested on murder charges in a single day across Brazil on Friday in a coordinated sweep that emphasized the fight against femicide and other killings, the government said.

Mothers in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro who lost ... Also South Africa has one of the highest rates of femicide in the world yet despite this, half of the safe houses for domestic violence ...

In this edition, how amid grief comes strength. Mothers in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro who lost their children due to gang violence, form a support network which also fights for justice. Also ...