List of incidents of violence against women
This is a list of incidents of violence against women. The cases are sorted by country and year.
Afghanistan[edit]
- Malalai Kakar (2008)
- Bibi Aisha
- Sahar Gul (2011)
- Sushmita Banerjee (2013)
- Murder of Farkhunda (2015)
Australia[edit]
- Murder of Anita Cobby (1986)
- Ashfield gang rapes (2001-2002)
Belgium[edit]
- Tanneke Sconyncx (1603)
Brazil[edit]
Canada[edit]
- Highway of Tears murders (1969–2011)
- Helen Betty Osborne (1971)
- Anna Mae Aquash (1975)
- École Polytechnique massacre (1989)
- Tammy Homolka (1990)
- Leslie Mahaffy (1991)
- Kristen French (1992)
- Murder of Donna Jones (2009)
- Maple Batalia (2011)
China[edit]
- Shen Chong case (1946)
Colombia[edit]
Ethiopia[edit]
- Death of Hanna Lalango (2014)
France[edit]
- Murder of Agnès Marin (2011)
Germany[edit]
Greece[edit]
India[edit]
- Phulmoni Dasi rape case (1889)
- Mathura rape case (1972)
- Violence against women during the partition of India (1989)
- Rape during the Kashmir conflict (1989)
- Ruchika Girhotra case (1990)
- Aruna Shanbaug case (1973)
- 1990 Bantala rape case
- Priyadarshini Mattoo (1996)
- Suryanelli rape case (1996)
- Anjana Mishra rape case (1999)
- Imrana rape case (2005)
- Ayesha Miran rape case (2007)
- Soumya murder case (2011)
- 2012 Delhi gang rape
- 2013 Kamduni gang rape and murder case
- Suzette Jordan (2013)
- 2013 Mumbai gang rape
- 2014 Birbhum gang rape case
- 2015 Kandhamal gang rape case
- 2019 Hyderabad gang rape and murder
Italy[edit]
- Isabella di Morra (1545/1546)
- Murder of Giulia Cecchettin
Mexico[edit]
- Susana Chávez (2011)
Nigeria[edit]
Pakistan[edit]
- Samia Sarwar (1999)
- Mukhtār Mā'ī (2002)
- Kainat Soomro (2007)
- Fareeda Kokikhel Afridi (2012)
- Malala Yousafzai (2012)
- Stoning of Farzana Parveen (2014)
- Qandeel Baloch (2016)
Peru[edit]
Russia[edit]
Saudi Arabia[edit]
Spain[edit]
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[edit]
- Catharina Ulrika Hjort af Ornäs (1837)
- We Are Sthlm sexual assaults (2015)
Turkey[edit]
- Pippa Bacca (2008)
- Murder of Özgecan Aslan (2015)
Ukraine[edit]
- Kateryna Handziuk (2018)
United Arab Emirates[edit]
- Sarah Balabagan (1994)
- Alicia Gali (2008)
- Death of Esther Mwikamba (2012)
United Kingdom[edit]
- Whitechapel murders (1888/1891)
- Vera Page case (1931)
- Murder of Carol Wilkinson (1977)
- Murder of Marion Crofts (1981)
- Murder of Karen Price (1981)
- Murder of Colette Aram (1983)
- Babes in the Wood murders (Wild Park) (1986)
- Murder of Linda Cook (1986)
- Murder of Lynette White (1988)
- Murder of Anna McGurk (1991)
- Murder of Rachel Nickell (1992)
- Murder of Kelly Anne Bates (1996)
- Murder of Hannah Williams (2001)
- Stabbing of Abigail Witchalls (2005)
- Willington Quay child abduction case (2005)
- Ipswich serial murders (2006)
- Sheffield incest case (2008)
- Bradford murders (2009-2010)
- Murder of Tia Rigg (2010)
United States[edit]
- Jennie Bosschieter (1900)
- Elsie Paroubek (1911)
- Madge Oberholtzer (1925)
- Betty Jean Owens (1959)
- Murder of Kitty Genovese (1964)
- Marina Elizabeth Habe (1968)
- Murder of Reyna Marroquin (1969)
- Murder of Diane Maxwell (1969)
- Little Miss Lake Panasoffkee (1971)
- Dolores Della Penna (1972)
- Murder of Dawn Magyar (1973)
- Roseann Quinn (1973)
- Death of Janice Young (1973)
- Lady of the Dunes (1974)
- Long Beach Jane Doe (1974)
- Murder of Marcia Trimble (1975)
- Beth Doe (1976)
- Gypsy Hill killings (1976)
- Oklahoma Girl Scout murders (1977)
- Murder of Mary Quigley (1977)
- Hillside Strangler (1977-1978)
- Orange Socks (1979)
- Walker County Jane Doe (1980)
- 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)
- Princess Doe (1982)
- Murder of Stephanie Roper (1982)
- Cheryl Araujo (1983)
- St. Louis Jane Doe (1983)
- Vernon County Jane Doe (1984)
- Suzanne Marie Collins (1985)
- Murder of Jeanne Clery (1986)
- Murder of Deanna Criswell (1987)
- Peggy Hettrick murder case (1987)
- Lil' Miss murder (1988)
- Central Park jogger case (1989)
- Glen Ridge rape (1989)
- Murder of Susan Poupart (1990)
- 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)
- Anne Scripps (1994)
- Murder of Barbara Barnes (1995)
- Elyse Pahler (1995)
- Murder of Heather Rich (1996)
- Murder of Amber Creek (1997)
- Peaches (murder victim) (1997)
- Murder of Julie Jensen (1998)
- Murder of Suzanne Jovin (1998)
- Murder of Samantha Runnion (2002)
- Elizabeth Smart kidnapping (2002)
- Christa Worthington (2002)
- Murder of Dru Sjodin (2003)
- Sheila White (abolitionist) (2003)
- Murder of Riley Fox (2004)
- Murder of Brooke Wilberger (2004)
- Jetseta Gage (2005)
- Geetha Angara homicide (2005)
- Murder of Jessica Lunsford (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)
- Murder of Imette St. Guillen (2006)
- 2007 De Anza rape investigation
- Cheshire, Connecticut, home invasion murders (2007)
- Murder of Jessie Davis (2007)
- Murder of Emily Sander (2007)
- Murder of Kelsey Smith (2007)
- Murder of Brianna Denison (2008)
- Murder of Denise Amber Lee (2008)
- Murder of Kathryn Faughey (2008)
- 2009 Richmond High School gang rape
- Murder of Annie Le (2009)
- Murder of Morgan Dana Harrington (2009)
- Murder of Sandra Cantu (2009)
- Sexual assault of Savannah Dietrich (2011)
- Murder of Mollie Olgin (2012)
- Murder of Shao Tong (2014)
- Murder of Romona Moore (2015)
- Racine County Jane Doe (1999)
- Recy Taylor (2017)
- Death of Sania Khan (2022)