Maandblik

Joeweela, a 39-year-old woman from Eindhoven, was shot and killed by her ex-partner in Gouda, highlighting the alarming trend of femicide in the Netherlands, where a woman is murdered approximately every eight days, often by an (ex-)partner. Experts attribute the stagnation in the decline of femicides over the past decade to societal factors, including male responses to women's emancipation, and emphasize the need for better support systems for women facing domestic violence.