In Argentina, femicide is an aggravated form of homicide, defined as a murder committed by a man against a woman in the context of gender-based violence. Countries beyond Latin America have been ...

In Argentina, femicide is an aggravated form of homicide, defined as a murder committed by a man against a woman in the context of gender-based violence. Countries beyond Latin America have been ...

Ecuador, by contrast, defines femicide more broadly, focusing on power dynamics and the gendered nature of the crime, regardless of the relationship between the victim and perpetrator. In Argentina, ...

Thousands of women took to the streets of Buenos Aires on International Women’s Day to protest Argentinian President Javier Milei’s’ plans to remove the crime of femicide from the penal code.

Riot police used tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannon to disperse people protesting pension cuts in Buenos Aires.

Mario Sáenz, a skateboarder, was sentenced to more than four decades in prison for finding him guilty of the femicide of Victoria Salas, who was found in his room hotel in 2017. Through the ...