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
 * 2019 Hyderabad gang rape and murder
 * Nirmala Panta rape

Italy

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

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)
 * 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)