Brazil Records Highest Femicide Rate Since Law Enacted

Brazil reported 1,492 femicide victims in 2024, the highest annual total since the country's femicide law took effect. This figure means an average of four women were killed every day due to gender-based violence. Femicide is the intentional killing of a woman because of her gender. Brazil criminalized it in 2015 to impose harsher penalties for such murders. The new data has sparked public protests across the nation. Demonstrators are calling for urgent action to address the crisis.