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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

Edited Volume

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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

Names of victims Jamaica Barbados Bahamas

Event Report: Femicide Trends in the Caribbean

Webinar

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Femicide Trends in the Bahamas, Barbados, and Jamaica

Nov

18

2024

FWP Expert Series 1: Taitu Heron

Webinar

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

08.07.2019

Study

FWP Book Launch Speakers

Event report: Launch of Femicide Handbook in Vienna on November 6, 2023

Conference

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

01.01.2022

Article

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Event: Launch of Routledge International Handbook on Femicide and Feminicide

Nov

06

2023

Launch of Routledge International Handbook on Femicide and Feminicide

Hybrid expert meeting in Vienna, co-sponsored by UNODC and UNSA Vienna

Vienna, Austria

Conference

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

Ciudad Juarez

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

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