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The Routledge International Handbook on Femicide and Feminicide

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Femi(ni)cide 101: What do you need to know about femicide?

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The Femicide Volumes Collection 2013-2023

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LATEST POSTS

Killings of women and girls by their intimate partner or other family members: Global estimates 2020 | UNODC

25.11.2021

Official Data

2012 Vienna declaration on femicide (petition)

01.12.2012

Guideline, Framework

"What guarantees do we have?" legal tolls and persistent impunity for feminicide in Guatemala

02.01.2018

Academic Paper

UN essential services package for women and girls subject to violence

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2005 report on Mexico by CEDAW and reply from the government of Mexico | UN CEDAW

27.01.2005

Convention

Protocolo de actuación en la investigación del Delito de Homicidio desde la perspectiva del feminicidio Mexico

25.11.2009

Guideline, Framework

Follow-up mechanism to the Belém do Pará Convention (MESECVI) (2004)

01.01.2004

Convention

Beijing declaration and platform for action

15.09.1995

Resolution

Global plan of action: Health systems address violence against women and girls

01.05.2016

Guideline, Framework

CEDAW general recommendation No. 35 on gender-based violence against women

14.07.2017

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Analysis of femicide/feminicide legislation in Latin America and the Caribbean and a proposal for a model law

01.01.2018

Legislation

Final report of ad hoc federal-provincial-territorial working group: Spousal abuse policies and legislation in Canada

24.02.2017

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Gender-based violence in Colombia: New legislation targets femicides and acid attacks

01.12.2016

Book Publication

Exploring the legal context of femicide in Mexico

13.06.2020

Legislation

UNDP + UN Women: Measures to address VAW during the pandemic have been uneven and insufficient

26.11.2020

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Towards a historical materialist analysis of femicide in post-conflict Guatemala

18.06.2014

Academic Paper

Response to OHCHR's call for femicide-related data and information

16.11.2018

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Counting the global scale of intimate femicide | UNODC Education for Justice Podcast 3

20.10.2020

Podcast

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