List of incidents of violence against women explained

This is a list of incidents of violence against women. The cases are sorted by country and year.

Afghanistan

• Malalai Kakar (2008)
• Bibi Aisha
• Sahar Gul (2011)
• Sushmita Banerjee (2013)
• Murder of Farkhunda (2015)

Australia

• Murder of Anita Cobby (1986)
• Ashfield gang rapes (2001-2002)

Belgium

• Tanneke Sconyncx (1603)

Canada

• 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

• Shen Chong case (1946)

Colombia

• Lissette Ochoa domestic violence case (2006)

Ethiopia

• Death of Hanna Lalango (2014)

France

• Murder of Agnès Marin (2011)

Germany

• New Year's Eve sexual assaults in Germany (2015)

Greece

• 2012 Paros beating and rape

India and Nepal

See main article: Violence against women in India.

See also: Rape in India.

• 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
• Nirmala Panta rape

Italy

• Isabella di Morra (1545/1546)
• Murder of Giulia Cecchettin

Mexico

See main article: Violence against women in Mexico.

• Susana Chávez (2011)

Nigeria

• Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping (2014)

Pakistan

See main article: Violence against women in Pakistan.

• 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

See main article: Violence against women in Peru.

• Cindy Arlette Contreras Bautista (2015)

Russia

• Nizhny Tagil mass murder (2002–07)

Saudi Arabia

• Misha'al bint Fahd al Saud (1977)
• 2002 Mecca girls' school fire

Spain

See main article: List of incidents of violence against women in 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

• 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

See main article: Violence against women in the United States.

• 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)

Notes and References

1. Web site: 700 mujeres muertas por violencia de género en la última década. El Mundo. 2013-11-03.