Draft:List of Femicides
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This is a list of femicides. Femicide is the intentional killing of females because of their sex.[1][2] Not every murder of a woman or girl is a femicide and not every femicide is described or categorized as such.
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Background
Brazil
| Name | Age | Date | Location | Circumstances | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maria Katiane Gomes da Silva | 25 | November 29, 2025 | São Paulo | Maria was beaten and thrown off of a balcony by her boyfriend after having an argument with him. | [4][5] |
| Taynara Souza Santos | 31 | November 28, 2025 | Taynara was run over by her ex-boyfriend and dragged from the car for one kilometer. Her legs were amputated and she was put into a coma but died a month later | [6][7] | |
| Catarina Kasten | Florianópolis | Catarina was raped, strangled, and murdered by a male stranger while walking on a trail near Matadeiro Beach. | [8] |
Japan
| Name | Age | Date | Location | Circumstances | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junko Furuta | 17 | Tokyo | |||
| Rina Shimabukuro | |||||
| Shogo Miura | |||||
| Satoshi Uematsu | |||||
| Tomomi Nishikawa |
Mexico
| Name | Age | Date | Location | Circumstances | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingrid Escamilla | 25 | February 9, 2020 | Mexico City | Ingrid was killed by her male partner, who skinned parts of her body, removed her organs, and dumped some of them in a sewer drain. | [9] |
| Fátima Cecilia | 7 | February 15, 2020 | Fátima Cecilia was kidnapped, tortured, raped and found murdered inside a plastic bag four days after going missing. | [10][11] | |
| Debanhi Escobar | 18 | April 9, 2022 | General Escobedo, Nuevo León | Debanhi Escobar went missing for 13 days before her body, which showed signs of physical and sexual abuse, was found in a cistern of a hotel. | [12][13] |
| Isabel Cabanillas | 26 | January 18, 2020 | Ciudad Juárez | Isabel Cabanillas was shot in the head multiple times while cycling home. | [14] |
United Kingdom
| Name | Age | Date | Location | Circumstances | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaisha Hasan | |||||
| Abi Fisher | 29 | July 2022 | Castleford | Abi Fisher was beaten, strangled, killed and body dumped in a woodland by her husband after she told him she wasn't happy and wanted to move in with her parents. | [15] |
| Sarah Everard | 33 | March,3, 2021 | Clapham | Sarah Everard was kidnapped, r, and murdered by Wayne Couzens, a police officer. | [16][17] |
| Sabina Nessa | 28 | September 17, 2021 | Greenwich | [18] | |
| Banaz Mahmod | 20 | January 2006 | South London | Banaz Mahmod was raped and strangled to death by her family in an honor killing after she left her arranged marriage to marry another man. | [19][20] |
United States
The United States lacks a clear definition and surveillance system for classifying murders as femicide.[21]
| Name | Age | Date | Location | Circumstances | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gabby Petito | 22 | c. August 27, 2021 | Gabby Petito | [22][23] | |
| Vanessa Guillén | 20 | ||||
South Africa
In November 2025, South Africa declared that femicide is a national disaster.[24]
| Name | Age | Date | Location | Circumstances | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olorato Mongale | 30 | May 25, 2025 | Lombardy West, Joburg | Olorato Mongale was kidnapped and murdered by a man she was going out on a date with. | [25][26] |
| Uyinene Mrwetyana | 19 | August 24, 2019 | Cape Town | Uyinene Mrwetyana was raped and murdered by a post office worker who later burned and dumped her body in Khayelitsha township. | [27][28] |
South Korea
| Name | Age | Date | Location | Circumstances | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gangnam Station femicide | 23 | May 17, 2016 | Seocho District, Seoul | A 23-year-old woman was stabbed and killed in a unisex toilet by a man who stated he did so for his hatred of women who “ignored and belittled” him. | [29][30] |
| Yun Geum-i | 26 | October 28, 1992 | Dongducheon | ||
| Lee | 24 | February 21, 1984 | Gyeryongsan Mountain | [31] | |
| Kim | 26 | ||||
| Hong | 50 | July 31, 1983 | South Chungcheong Province |