Topic: Femicide

Ottawa Police have applied the label "femicide" to a murder investigation involving a 47-year-old woman allegedly killed by her husband. The term is used to describe the killing of women or girls specifically because of their gender or for misogynistic reasons. The discussion notes the increasing use of specialized sociological terminology in Canadian law enforcement.

The hosts discuss the 30th anniversary of the 1989 École Polytechnique massacre in Montreal, where Marc Lépine murdered 14 women. The event is described as Canada's first mass "femicide," though the media at the time struggled to address the gender-based nature of the crime. The discussion links the anniversary to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's recent push for new gun control measures in Canada.

Contestants in the Miss Peru beauty pageant used their platform to protest violence against women by reciting crime statistics instead of their physical measurements. Figures cited included 82 murders and 156 attempted murders of women in Peru this year. The winner, Romina Lozano, highlighted that over 3,000 women are registered victims of human trafficking in the country.