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Authorities were still working to identify the victims and suspect, and to establish whether there was any connection between them. - AFP Photo

Women place a photograph of journalist Francisca Sandoval outside the Hospital of Urgencias Asistencia Publica after learning about her death in Santiago. - AFP

Women's Aid Organisation (WAO) Research and Advocacy officer Anis Farid expounds on what makes femicide seem like it is no cause for concern in the country.

University of Science Malaysia psychologist and criminologist (Forensic Science Programme, School of Health Sciences) Associate Professor Dr Geshina Ayu Mat Saat said the definition of femicide is constantly changing, which is why it is hard to pinpoint what exactly constitutes femicide - and how to prevent it.

Malaysians not only lack a nuanced understanding of violence, many women believe that the worst danger that could befall a woman is rape, and not murder.

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Elsy, Kenia, Evelyn and Karen (left to right), freed after many years in prison for abortions they say they never had. - AFP

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Andrew Tyler (Centre), uncle of Amir Locke, speaks during a press conference at City Hall in Minneapolis, Minnesota on February 4, 2022. -AFP

Zulfarhan Osman Zulkarnain was found with burn marks and bruises in an apartment in Serdang at about 8pm on June 1, 2017, and was pronounced dead at about 10pm at the Serdang Hospital. Allahyarham Zulfarhan