"Women's rights take centre stage as murdered activists are remembered", 29 Nov 2018

Rising misogyny and an increase in the restrictions placed on women’s freedom worldwide mean the work of campaigners who defend their rights is more important than ever, the head of UN Women has said... [W]omen’s rights defenders – targeted not only for the work they do, but also simply for being female – are beset on multiple fronts. [A]ctivists encounter aggression both inside and outside their homes and communities... Each year, the Association for Women’s Rights in Development updates its online tribute to women’s human rights defenders who have died. The homage now honours the legacy of more than 400 women from 80 countries. [W]e salute some of the women who have been killed for their activism in 2018[:] Marielle Franco,...a “groundbreaking politician”, had become a leading voice for disadvantaged people living in the favelas of Rio...before her untimely death... Franco, a gay, black woman, was in her first term of office on the city council... No arrests have been made in connection with her death.; Guadalupe Campanur Tapia was a prominent environmental and indigenous rights activist in Cherán, Mexico, [t]he 32-year-old was heavily involved in protecting local forests from illegal logging... She is believed to have been strangled...