Chemistry
The Femicide Crisis and Gender-Based Violence as Structural Violence
Quick fact
Globally, an estimated 1 in 3 women experience physical or sexual violence in their lifetime, and femicide—the killing of women because of their gender—claims tens of thousands of lives each year, often with alarmingly low conviction rates.
Why this is interesting
Imagine a city where a particular street has far more traffic accidents than others—not because of bad drivers, but because the road itself is dangerously designed. Now consider that in many countries, being a woman is that dangerous road.