List of incidents of violence against women
Appearance
This is a list of incidents of violence against women. The cases are sorted by country and year.
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Afghanistan
- Bibi Aisha
- Malalai Kakar (2008)
- Sahar Gul (2011)
- Sushmita Banerjee (2013)
- Murder of Farkhunda
Australia
- Murder of Anita Cobby (1986)
- Ashfield gang rapes (2001-2002)
Brazil
Canada
- Highway of Tears murders (1969-2011)
- Anna Mae Aquash (1975)
- École Polytechnique massacre (1989)
- Tammy Homolka (1990)
- Leslie Mahaffy (1991)
- Kristen French (1992)
- Maple Batalia (2011)
Colombia
Ethiopia
- Death of Hanna Lalango (2014)
Germany
Greece
India
- Aruna Shanbaug case (1973)
- 1990 Bantala rape case
- Anjana Mishra rape case (1999)
- Imrana rape case (2005)
- Ayesha Miran rape case (2007)
- 2012 Delhi gang rape
- 2013 Kamduni gang rape and murder case
- Suzette Jordan (2013)
- 2014 Birbhum gang rape case
- 2015 Kandhamal gang rape case
Mexico
- Susana Chávez (2011)
Nigeria
Pakistan
- Fareeda Kokikhel Afridi (2012)
- Qandeel Baloch (2016)
- Malala Yousafzai (2012)
Peru
Spain
In the last decade about 700 women have been killed in Spain by their partners or ex-partners in cases of violence against women.[1] Since 1999, the number of killed women is over 1,000.
Sweden
- Catharina Ulrika Hjort af Ornäs (1837)
- We Are Sthlm sexual assaults (2015)
Turkey
- Pippa Bacca (2008)
- Murder of Özgecan Aslan (2015)
Ukraine
- Kateryna Handziuk (2018)
United Arab Emirates
- Sarah Balabagan (1994)
- Alicia Gali (2008)
- Death of Esther Mwikamba (2012)
United Kingdom
- Murder of Marion Crofts(1981)
- Murder of Colette Aram (1983)
- Babes in the Wood murders (Wild Park) (1986)
- Murder of Linda Cook (1986)
- Murder of Kelly Anne Bates (1996)
- Ipswich serial murders (2006)
- Bradford murders (2009-2010)
United States
- Jennie Bosschieter (1900)
- Murder of Kitty Genovese (1964)
- Marina Elizabeth Habe (1968)
- Little Miss Lake Panasoffkee (1971)
- Dolores Della Penna (1972)
- Lady of the Dunes (1974)
- Long Beach Jane Doe (1974)
- Beth Doe (1976)
- Gypsy Hill killings (1976)
- Oklahoma Girl Scout murders (1977)
- Hillside Strangler (1977-1978)
- Buckskin Girl (1981)
- Murder of Brenda Gerow (1981)
- Murder of Carol Cole (1981)
- Murder of Tina Harmon (1981)
- Murder of Marcy Renee Conrad (1981)
- Murder of Krista Harrison (1982)
- Theresa Hak Kyung Cha (1982)
- Cheryl Araujo (1983)
- Suzanne Marie Collins (1985)
- Murder of Deanna Criswell (1987)
- Peggy Hettrick murder case (1987)
- Central Park jogger case (1989)
- Glen Ridge rape (1989)
- Jessica Keen (1991)
- Kidnapping of Jaycee Lee Dugard (1991)
- Murder of Anjelica Castillo (1991)
- Gail Shollar (1992)
- Murder of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Peña (1993)
- Jacksonville Jane Doe (1994-1995)
- Murder of Megan Kanka (1994)
- Murder of Barbara Barnes (1995)
- Murder of Amber Creek (1997)
- Murder of Julie Jensen (1998)
- Murder of Suzanne Jovin (1998)
- Murder of Riley Fox (2004)
- Jetseta Gage (2005)
- Geetha Angara homicide (2005)
- Feb 9 Killer (2006/2008)
- Death of Jennifer Ann Crecente (2006)
- Lavender Doe (2006)
- Murder of Laura Dickinson (2006)
- Murder of Michelle Gardner-Quinn (2006)
- Murder of Jennifer Moore (2006)
- West Nickel Mines School shooting (2006)
- 2007 De Anza rape investigation
- Cheshire, Connecticut, home invasion murders (2007)
- Murder of Brianna Denison (2008)
- Murder of Denise Amber Lee (2008)
- 2009 Richmond High School gang rape
- Murder of Annie Le (2009)
- Murder of Morgan Dana Harrington (2009)
- Murder of Sandra Cantu (2009)
- Murder of Mollie Olgin (2012)
Other
- Murder of Jessica Lunsford
- Murder of Dawn Magyar
- Murder of Agnès Marin
- Murder of Reyna Marroquin
- Mathura rape case
- Priyadarshini Mattoo
- Murder of Anna McGurk
- 2002 Mecca girls' school fire
- Misha'al bint Fahd al Saud
- Isabella di Morra
- Mukhtār Mā'ī
- 2013 Mumbai gang rape
- Murder of Carol Wilkinson
- Murder of Diane Maxwell
- Murder of Donna Jones
- Murder of Farkhunda
- Murder of Heather Rich
- Murder of Jeanne Clery
- Murder of Jessie Davis
- Murder of Kathryn Faughey
- Murder of Özgecan Aslan
- Lil' Miss murder
- Murder of Rachel Nickell
- Nizhny Tagil mass murder (2002–07)
- Madge Oberholtzer
- Orange Socks
- Helen Betty Osborne
- Betty Jean Owens
- Vera Page case
- Elyse Pahler
- Elsie Paroubek
- Peaches (murder victim)
- Phulmoni Dasi rape case
- Murder of Susan Poupart
- Murder of Karen Price
- Princess Doe
- Murder of Mary Quigley
- Roseann Quinn
- Murder of Tia Rigg
- Murder of Stephanie Roper
- Ruchika Girhotra case
- Murder of Samantha Runnion
- Murder of Emily Sander
- Samia Sarwar
- Tanneke Sconyncx
- Anne Scripps
- Sexual assault of Savannah Dietrich
- Sheffield incest case
- Shen Chong case
- Murder of Dru Sjodin
- Elizabeth Smart kidnapping
- Murder of Kelsey Smith
- Kainat Soomro
- Soumya murder case
- Murder of Imette St. Guillen
- St. Louis Jane Doe
- Stabbing of Abigail Witchalls
- Stoning of Farzana Parveen
- Suryanelli rape case
- Recy Taylor
- Murder of Shao Tong
- Murder of Marcia Trimble
- Vernon County Jane Doe
- Walker County Jane Doe
- Murder of Lynette White
- Sheila White (abolitionist)
- Whitechapel murders
- Murder of Brooke Wilberger
- Murder of Hannah Williams
- Willington Quay child abduction case
- Christa Worthington
- Death of Janice Young
References
- ^ "700 mujeres muertas por violencia de género en la última década". El Mundo. 2013-11-03.