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South Africa - femicide

Femicide protests rock WEF Africa conference in South Africa | Africa News

05/09/2019 — News
Students, men and women demonstrated against South Africa’s “femicide epidemic” as the World Economic Forum on Africa kicked off in Cape Town, amid growing alarm over gender violence in the country.
Global - femicide

Judith Butler: When Killing Women Isn’t a Crime | NYT

10/07/2019 — Studies, Analyses, Reports
In this fantastic interview, Judith Butler reminds us that violence against women, in its many forms, is a global tragedy. Butler is known for her decades of work in philosophy, feminism and activism worldwide. A professor in the department of comparative literature and the...
Canada - misogynistic hate crime

Why misogynistic killings need a public label | Myrna Dawson

27/04/2018 — Studies, Analyses, Reports
The Toronto van attack started a public discourse in Canada about misogynistic hate crimes, as the killer was a member of an online misogynistic movement. Myrna Dawson clarifies the link between misogyny and femicide, and shows that it occurs regularly.
United Kingdom - misogynistic hate crime

UK Academic Studies on misogyny as a hate crime | Magistrates Assocation

09/07/2018 — Studies, Analyses, Reports
Evaluation report about a two-year project to treat misogyny as a hate crime in Nottingham, from the University of Nottingham and Nottingham Trent University. Full report.
United Kingdom - misogynistic hate crime

Campaigners and MPs call for misogyny to be made a hate crime | The Guardian

14/01/2019 — News
In the UK, a coalition of campaign groups and MPs have called on the Metropolitan police commissioner to make misogyny a hate crime. Gender hate incidents were reportedly at least as common as any hate crime recorded by police: 67,000 such incidents last year, with 57,000 of them targeted at women...