Contemporary Challenges, 2021 Femicide is a relatively new area of study that was first introduced in 1976. Since then, there has been a push by many scholars to develop the field further, despite some arguments made that femicide is not as important of an issue given the relatively ...
Sabrina Knap
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Femicide in Ethiopia: an autopsy-based cross-sectional study [PDF]
BMC Women's HealthBackground Femicide, the most extreme form of gender-based violence directed at women and girls, often lacks sufficient national statistical data in several countries.
Alemayehu Shiferaw Lema +3 more
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Psychopathy, psychological distress, and treatment history among perpetrators of intimate partner femicide, homicide, and other violent crimes in Buenos Aires, Argentina. [PDF]
PLOS Mental HealthIntimate partner femicide-the killing of women based on their gender by their former or current partners-is a global long-standing manifestation of violence against women.
Martín Hernán Di Marco +2 more
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Understudied and underaddressed: Femicide, an extreme form of violence against women and girls. [PDF]
PLoS MedicineLittle is known about the prevalence and dynamics of femicide, a persistent form of violence against women and girls, due to challenges associated with its documentation.
Chen Reis, Sarah R Meyer
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Medico-legal recommendations to fight the silent war of femicide in Europe [PDF]
Women's HealthFemicide is a global phenomenon; yet there is no commonly accepted understanding of what counts as femicide. Different disciplines and approaches offer different definitions.
Roberto Scendoni, Giulia Ricchezze
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Contrasting organizational responses to femicide in Mexico’s public health crisis [PDF]
BMC Public HealthBackground Femicide—the gender-motivated killing of women—remains an urgent public health and human rights crisis in Latin America. In Mexico, legal reforms have established formal mechanisms for prevention and response, yet implementation remains ...
Veronica Valencia Gonzalez
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Understanding and addressing femicide in Africa: a systematic review of empirical research [PDF]
BMJ OpenContext Against the backdrop of a high prevalence rate of femicide across Africa, it is crucial to gain methodological insights into the existing research on femicide.Objective To develop evidence-based strategies to address the complex and multifaceted ...
Bianca Dekel, Tarique Variava
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Characterising the killing of girls and women in urban settings in Latin America, 2000–2019: an analysis of variability and time trends using mortality data from vital registration systems [PDF]
BMJ Public HealthIntroduction Latin America is burdened by high levels of violence. Although boys and men often experience more violence and fatalities, girls and women face a greater risk of being killed by family members or intimate partners due to their gender, a ...
Ana V Diez Roux +12 more
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Femicide in partnership relations [PDF]
Temida, 2017 In numerous studies in the world, the existence of femicide as a specific form of homicide has been confirmed, indicating its conditions and consequences and the strongest risk factors.
Spasić Danijela +2 more
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Femicide, intimate partner femicide, and non-intimate partner femicide in South Africa: An analysis of 3 national surveys, 1999-2017. [PDF]
PLoS MedicineBackgroundIn most countries, reliable national statistics on femicide, intimate partner femicide (IPF), and non-intimate partner femicide (NIPF) are not available.
Naeemah Abrahams +13 more
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