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The Routledge International Handbook on Femicide and Feminicide

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The Femicide Volumes Collection 2013-2023

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Femi(ni)cide in Focus: Expert Series (2) featuring Ololade Ajayi

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Feminicide in Focus 2: Ololade Ajayi

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Femicide Victim Sparks Urgent Debate on Gender-Based Violence in Greece

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Legal Progress in Croatia: Femicide Criminalized

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UN Women and UNODC: Pilot Study to Address Femicide Data Gaps in Mongolia

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South Africa: Launch Femicide Watch Tracking App

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The National Plan for Combatting Gender-Based Violence and Femicide in South Africa

9 things we learned when investigating partner violence and femicide in Slovakia

10.04.2024

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

07.06.2017

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Names of victims Jamaica Barbados Bahamas

Event Report: Femicide Trends in the Caribbean

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Femicide Trends in the Bahamas, Barbados, and Jamaica

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18

2024

FWP Expert Series 1: Taitu Heron

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Femicide on the Rise: Kenya’s Need to Reconstruct a Security System

20.01.2024

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EIGE's Innovative Classification System of Femicide

23.11.2021

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UN Women Discuss European Countries Setting the Example for Addressing Femicide 2023

04.05.2023

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FWP Book Launch Speakers

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

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

23.05.2012

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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

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A theoretical approach to the concept of femicide/feminicide

26.08.2021

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