# 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

* 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

* 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
* Rape and murder of Nirmala Panta (2018)
* 2019 Hyderabad gang rape and murder

## Italy

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

## Kenya

* Agnes Tirop (2021)
* Rebecca Cheptegei (2024)

## Mexico

* Susana Chávez (2011)

## Nigeria

* Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping (2014)

## 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

* 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

In the last decade about 700 women have been killed in Spain by their partners or ex-partners in cases of violence against women. 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

* 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)
* Racine County Jane Doe (1999)
* 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 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)
* Recy Taylor (2017)
* Death of Sania Khan (2022)
* Murder of Brianna Kupfer (2022)
* Killing of Debrina Kawam (2024)