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The Routledge International Handbook on Femicide and Feminicide

Book Publication

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

Topic Dossier

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The Femicide Volumes Collection 2013-2023

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LATEST POSTS

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2024 new Brazilian law punishes femicide with up to 40 years in prison

11.10.2024

Legislation

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2017 Glossary of definitions of rape, femicide and intimate partner violence | EIGE

07.06.2017

Study

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EIGE's Innovative Classification System of Femicide

23.11.2021

Report

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2019 Study on Global Homicide: Gender-related killings of women and girls | UNODC

08.07.2019

Study

2012 Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, Rashida Manjoo

23.05.2012

Report

2022 Research Paper on femicide statistics and policy responses by UNODC and UN Women

01.01.2022

Article

Identifying femicide locally and globally: Understanding the utility and accessibility of sex/gender-related motives and indicators

Academia / Research

Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (2011)

05.11.2011

Convention

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The Istanbul Convention and the CEDAW framework: A comparison of measures to prevent and combat violence against women

01.01.2011

Convention

UNODC Global Study on Homicide 2019: Gender-related killings of women and girls

05.07.2019

Official Data

The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Final Report 2019

06.06.2019

Guideline, Framework

Interview with Angela Me, UNODC, about focus on perpetrators in fight against femicide | Femicide Team

Official Data

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Latin American Model Protocol for the investigation of gender-related killings of women (femicide/feminicide)

01.01.2014

Guideline, Framework

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Inter-American model law on the prevention, punishment and eradication of the gender-related killing of women and girls (femicide/feminicide)

01.01.2018

Guideline, Framework

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Mexico: The long history of feminicide and the case of Mariana Lima | UNSA Vienna Femicide Team

Country Dossier

UNSRVAW 2021 report: Taking stock of the femicide watch initiative

12.07.2021

Report

The UN Special Rapporteur on VAW about Femicide Watch actions

24.11.2020

Article

A theoretical approach to the concept of femicide/feminicide

26.08.2021

Study

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