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'Breaking the Silence: The Maria Soledad Case' tells the story of Argentina's first recognized femicide. Here's where Guillermo Luque and Luis Tula are now.
"Breaking the Silence: The Maria Soledad Case" looks at the murder of a 17-year-old girl in 1990, w…
Eammon Jacobs
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A famous Puerto Rican boxer was charged with killing his pregnant girlfriend. Outrage has led to calls for the island to protect women from violence.
Data suggests femicide occurs nearly once each week in Puerto Rico. A boxer charged with killing hi…
Yelena Dzhanova,Kenya Evelyn
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Shanquella Robinson's death is being investigated as a femicide, a crime that only 16 countries recognize despite gender-based violence being a global issue
The US does not differentiate femicide from homicide, but prosecutors in Mexico are looking into 25…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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Texas AG challenger says lawsuit preventing the Biden administration from protecting abortions in medical emergencies is 'state-sanctioned femicide'
Texas AG Ken Paxton is suing the Biden Administration to prevent protections for medical exceptions…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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How the 'challenge accepted' Instagram trend went from hollow slacktivism to a campaign to raise awareness about Turkish femicide
Millions of Instagram posts show support for women in the "challenge accepted" trend, but the chall…
Rachel E. Greenspan
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Evidence mounts that Canada's worst-ever mass shooter was a woman-hater and misogyny fuelled his killing spree that left 22 dead
Activists believe the warning signs of domestic abuse were ignored. Canada's Deputy Prime Minister …
Sophia Ankel
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Messi is teaching kids it's OK to cry. As a boy mom, I appreciate it.
Images of Leo Messi crying have circulated since the final for the Copa America where he was injure…
Allison LaCross
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Feds arrest a California man suspected in the serial killings of 3 sex workers, and investigators are searching for more victims
Mexican authorities say Bryant Rivera, 30, is "considered a serial killer" and is wanted on three c…
Michelle Mark
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I moved from Argentina to Maine for a safer life. After the recent mass shooting, I don't know what to do.
She left Argentina for Maine to live a safer life. However, the recent mass shooting has left her f…
Conz Preti
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Supporters of a woman who was sentenced to 6 years for strangling her rapist with a T-shirt call for 'justice'
When Roxana Ruiz, 23, was found guilty of "excessive use of legitimate defense" in Nezahualcoyotl, …
Bethany Dawson
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Former CEO of Amazon Mexico paid a hitman to gun down his wife in front of her 2 children, court hears
Juan Carlos Garcia, the former CEO of Amazon Mexico, went on the run after his wife, Abril Pérez Sa…
Alia Shoaib
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A 19-year-old Brazilian esports player was murdered by another gamer, according to police
Oliveira Bueno da Silva, known online as "Sol," was killed on Monday in Brazil. Police arrested ano…
Steven Asarch
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The Puerto Rican government has declared a state of emergency as leaders address gender violence on the island
Gov. Pedro R. Pierluisi will create a committee to provide services to women affected by gender vio…
Bre'Anna Grant
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The UK's first transgender MP is from Boris Johnson's own party, but his government wants to 'ostracise trans people,' say campaigners
Activists and academics tell Insider that having the first trans MP isn't enough to make the change…
Bethany Dawson
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2 people are dead and 14 injured after a mass shooting at a backyard party in Rochester, New York
The shooting occurred in the early hours of Saturday at a backyard party, according to Acting Roche…
Sophia Ankel
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Mexico's most dangerous job is only getting more deadly, and I've seen up close how bad it's getting
"It is hard to know exactly where is the line of politics and narcos when it comes to the motives o…
Luis Chaparro
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Fighting over whether the Instagram 'challenge accepted' trend is self-promoting and hollow distracts from the real point of the challenge
Arguing about #ChallengeAccepted shifts attention away from its women supporting women messaging, d…
Hillary Hoffower
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Struggling economies endanger one of Latin America's most vulnerable groups
A 2010 report from the US National Institutes of Health on US households found that "decreases in t…
Christopher Woody
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Drug-related violence is soaring in a quiet corner of Latin America, and it's not clear what the new president plans to do about it
In one canton near the capital, police have investigated 28 homicides since the beginning of 2017. …
Christopher Woody
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Miya Marcano's story exposes dangerous trends in violence against women of color. Advocates say enough is enough
Experts tell Insider violence against women is on the rise. The disappearances of Miya Marcano and …