Belgian femicide tracker shuts after subsidy cuts, data gap widens

The Stop féminicide blog, Belgium's most precise femicide data source, ceased operations this summer after losing two of three subsidies funding the Plateforme féministe contre les violences faites aux femmes. The federal government has not yet adopted the royal decree that would institutionalize femicide monitoring, leaving a data vacuum. This reduces public oversight of gender-based violence at a time when policy action is pending.