News of gender violence

68 gender-based killings in Argentina in first quarter, report finds

07-04-2026 11:32 Report by La Casa del Encuentro NGO recorded 68 gender-based killings in January-March period; 72% of killings took place in victim’s home.

IMBALANCE OF POWER

Report links sexual abuse to senior ranks in Argentina's security forces

13-01-2026 18:06 Analysis of cases across 14 jurisdictions shows abuse by senior officers, years of silence, and punishment aimed more often at victims than perpetrators; UFEM report reveals that 96% of alleged abusers held command positions.

GENDER VIOLENCE

NGO: Eleven femicides already this month, with half of October still to go

16-10-2025 13:42 Feminist organisation MuMaLá has recorded195 femicides so far this year – one every 35 hours.

COURTS

Actor’s ex-husband sentenced to 19 years in jail for gender violence, abuse

13-08-2025 14:50 Businessman Claudio Contardi, former partner of Julieta Prandi, handed almost two decades behind bars for years of sexual abuse and gender violence; TV star calls ruling ‘peace, relief and justice’ after five-year legal battle.

GENDER VIOLENCE

Experts voice femicide concerns on Ni Una Menos 10th anniversary

03-06-2025 11:48 A femicide is committed every 33 hours in Argentina. Ten years on from the first #NiUnaMenos anti-gender violence rally, experts call for renewed vigilance and greater protection for potential victims.

GUEST COLUMN

Ayelén Mazzina: ‘Scrapping programmes that protected women is deeply perverse’

16-05-2025 13:49 Former Women, Gender & Diversity Minister Ayelén Mazzina responds to President Javier Milei’s decision to eliminate 13 programmes that were created at the portfolio she previously led during her time in office.

POLITICS & HUMAN RIGHTS

Argentina scraps ‘ideological’ programmes for women, LGBT community

16-05-2025 13:32 Justice Minister Mariano Cúneo Libarona denounces initiatives as “absurd waste” – among defunded programmes are a plan to distribute menstrual hygiene products and another to provide support for families of gender violence victims.

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COURTS

Alberto Fernández reiterates denial as court confirms gender violence trial

16-04-2025 10:56 Former president set for trial after indictment confirmed by appeals court; Ex-president alleged beat and threatened his ex-partner, former first lady Fabiola Yáñez; Veteran Peronist again denies charges against him.

#8M: INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY

Marchers tell Milei no backtracking on women’s rights

09-03-2025 14:30 Feminists of all ages march in Buenos Aires to voice criticism of Milei government’s policies on International Women’s Day; demonstrators demand an end to gender violence and discrimination.

by Zella Milfred

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Alberto Fernández: ‘Milei has the problem of being completely dogmatic’

23-02-2025 06:08 In the final part of a feature interview, former president Alberto Fernández discusses the insurance corruption allegations he faces in the courts, President Javier Milei, Peronism and his relationship with Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

ALLEGATIONS OF VIOLENCE

Ex-president Alberto Fernández sent to trial for beating former partner

17-02-2025 16:39 Federal Judge Julián Ercolini rules former president Alberto Fernández should stand trial for “minor injuries and serious injuries" suffered by his ex-partner, former first lady Fabiola Yáñez, along with "coercive threats."

CRIME & SECURITY

Report: January saw 28 victims of gender-based violence

10-02-2025 18:34 Buenos Aires Province remains the region with the most femicide cases in the country, followed by Santa Fe, Mendoza and CABA.

COURTS

Alberto Fernández denies hitting ex-partner in court appearance

04-02-2025 22:32 Former president Alberto Fernández appears at Comodoro Py federal courthouse for questioning over domestic violence allegations made by his ex-partner, former first lady Fabiola Yáñez.

AMID SCANDAL

Yáñez gives up state security detail amid NYE dinner furore

05-01-2025 10:26 Former first lady Fabiola Yáñez renounces state security detail that was strengthened in wake of her gender violence allegations against ex-president Alberto Fernández; Milei and Bullrich had criticised her use of proection officers, revealing it had cost state at least US$147,000 since last August.

GENDER VIOLENCE ALLEGATIONS

Ex-president Alberto Fernández called to testify in gender violence case

21-11-2024 18:45 Federal judge Julián Ercolini summons former president Alberto Fernández for questioning in the gender violence case involving former first lady Fabiola Yañez.

GENDER VIOLENCE

Insults aired in new leaks from Alberto Fernández-Fabiola Yáñez case

18-09-2024 16:51 Audio allegedly recorded in the presidential bedroom of the main chalet at the Olivos presidential residence leaked to press; Ex-president provides photos of former first lady drinking as mother of alleged victim testifies.

CRIME & INSECURITY

Unprecedented ruling: Man sentenced for infecting partner with HIV

05-09-2024 14:50 Historic ruling as 56-year-old man is convicted for infecting his partner with HIV and not taking necessary precautions; Handed three-year suspended prison sentence and ordered to pay US$40,000 in damages.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CLAIMS

Alberto Fernández’s ex-private secretary says Yáñez is ‘a victim’

22-08-2024 20:44 Testimony from María Cantero, Alberto Fernández’s private secretary of 35 years, complicates ex-president’s defence against gender violence allegations; Witness confirms that leaked WhatsApp chat messages with former first lady Fabiola Yáñez are real but says she never witnessed any acts of violence by veteran Peronist leader.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Yelling, complaints, expulsion threats – crisis erupts in La Libertad Avanza

22-08-2024 15:45 Ruling party’s lower house caucus thrust into chaos as furious shouting draws attention; La Libertad Avanza deputy insulted by party colleagues for having presented a criminal denunciation of lawmakers’ recent visit to dictatorship-era criminals jailed at Ezeiza prison.

GENDER VIOLENCE ALLEGATIONS

Fabiola Yáñez shows chat messages with ex-government minister to courts

21-08-2024 18:21 Former first lady Fabiola Yáñez shares WhatsApp chat messages with ex-Women, Gender & Diversity minister Ayelén Mazzina; “If you didn’t help me, what’s left for the remaining women victims?” writes ex-partner of former president Alberto Fernández.

GENDER VIOLENCE

Yáñez says mobile phone with Fernández chats is missing

19-08-2024 14:21 Former first lady Fabiola Yáñez informs court that she has misplaced the mobile phone that contained alleged conversations with the former president.

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

The excommunication of Alberto Fernández

17-08-2024 06:35 In Argentina’s hazy political ecosystem, there should be little doubt that bad actors are always present behind the scenes.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

POLITICS & SOCIETY

Gender policies hit by chainsaw in Milei’s Argentina

15-08-2024 07:45 Since assuming office on December 10, 2023, President Javier Milei’s government has slashed and eliminated programmes designed to help women suffering from violence. Among them, the elimination of a ministry, staff lay-offs and cuts to the team staffing the 144 emergency hotline.

by Juan Pablo Kavanagh

GENDER VIOLENCE ALLEGATIONS

Charges sought against ex-president Alberto Fernández after battery claims

14-08-2024 23:30 Prosecutors on Wednesday sought the indictment of former president Alberto Fernández for "injuries" and "threats" alleged by his ex-partner Fabiola Yáñez.

SCANDALOUS CLAIMS

Alcohol, marijuana, violence: Details of Yáñez’s testimony against Fernández

14-08-2024 15:46 Fabiola Yáñez testified on Tuesday for four hours before prosecutor Ramiro González in the case alleging gender-based violence by former president Alberto Fernández.

GENDER VIOLENCE ALLEGATIONS

Yáñez details Fernández gender violence claims in four-hour testimony

13-08-2024 18:24 Former first lady Fabiola Yáñez testifies for four hours before prosecutor as she details physical and psychological violence allegations against her ex-partner, former president Alberto Fernández.

GENDER VIOLENCE ALLEGATIONS

Alberto Fernández denies hitting his former partner in an interview

13-08-2024 16:32 Both President Milei and Fernández's own former vice-president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, have condemned the former president after his ex-partner, Fabiola Yáñez, denounced him for gender violence.

GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE

La Cámpora introduces protocol to sanction members accused of abuse

13-08-2024 16:14 Following dismissal of key leader, Kirchnerite political youth organisation now has new protocol designed to protect women and oust those facing allegations.

GENDER VIOLENCE ALLEGATIONS

Yáñez accuses ex-president Fernández of threats, harassment, abuse

12-08-2024 15:13 Former first lady Fabiola Yáñez confirms gender violence allegations against ex-president Alberto Fernández with a 20-page court writ denouncing serious injuries and abuse of authority.

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

Who covered up for Alberto Fernández?

12-08-2024 12:55 Social astonishment is multiplying in the face of the brazen hand-washing of leaders and ex-officials of the former Frente de Todos administration.

by Javier Calvo

POLITICS

Peronism forced to react to Fernández gender violence allegations

12-08-2024 12:32 Peronism, now in opposition, has been unable to recover from its electoral defeat and now faces a scandal that shows no sign of stopping. The accusations against Alberto Fernández by his former partner exposes the isolated responses of leaders who are unable to articulate joined-up thinking.

by Rosario Ayerdi

GENDER VIOLENCE ALLEGATIONS

Yáñez set to expand on Fernández gender violence testimony

12-08-2024 11:36 Former first lady appoints new defence lawyer and thanks those sending messages of solidarity after gender violence complaint; Ex-president again denies allegations in conversation with journalist.

GENDER VIOLENCE ALLEGATIONS

Fabiola Yáñez confirms violence allegations against Fernández in interview

11-08-2024 11:10 "I'm afraid," declares former first lady Fabiola Yáñez in interview with Infobae confirming gender violence allegations against ex-president Alberto Fernandez.

ALLEGATIONS AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT

Fernández condemned after leak of images showing injuries suffered by Yáñez

09-08-2024 12:06 Gender violence allegations against ex-president take explosive turn as images showing shocking injuries suffered by his ex-partner and former first lady are published by media outlets.

SCANDAL EXPLODES

Fabiola Yáñez formally accuses ex-president Alberto Fernández of gender violence

08-08-2024 17:34 Scandal explodes as Fabiola Yáñez, the ex-partner of former president Alberto Fernández, files a complaint against the veteran Peronist leader for allegedly beating her during his time in office.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SCANDAL

'Psychological terrorism': Details of Yáñez’s complaint against Alberto Fernández

07-08-2024 16:37 Criminal complaint by Fabiola Yáñez to Federal Judge Julián Ercolini lays emphasis on alleged “threatening contact” by her former partner. She also reportedly requested a change in make-up of her security detail.

GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE

Fabiola Yañez makes gender violence complaint against Alberto Fernández

06-08-2024 18:34 The former first lady communicated from Spain online with the judge investigating the alleged insurance graft involving the ex president.

SHOCKING ALLEGATION

Report accuses ex-president Alberto Fernández of gender violence

05-08-2024 16:31 Newspaper in Argentina accuses former president Alberto Fernández of gender violence against his partner, former first lady Fabiola Yáñez. Revelation reportedly uncovered during the probe of a mobile phone seized as part of an investigation into alleged corruption.

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Claudia Piñeiro: ‘I’ve never ever seen another president celebrate the tears of a rival’

15-06-2024 05:49 Award-winning writer, playwright and screenwriter Claudia Piñeiro on narrative, challenges to women’s rights and President Javier Milei’s rhetoric.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

WOMEN'S RIGHTS

Milei government shutters office dedicated to prevention of gender violence

06-06-2024 17:43 Three days after annual Ni Una Menos march, head of programme dedicated to protection against gender violence announces she is stepping as President Milei moves to shutter department.