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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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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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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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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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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Unveiling the determinants of femicide in Ecuador: a comprehensive analysis. [PDF]
Front SociolThis paper reports an investigation of the determinants of femicide using the context of Ecuador as case of study. To do so, we use official data spanning 2018 to 2022 from the National Survey on Family Relations and Gender Violence against Women in ...
Díaz-Sánchez JP +3 more
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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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Investigating causes of femicide in Egypt: review
Egyptian Journal of Forensic SciencesBackground Femicide is a fundamental human rights violation that compromises one’s life, liberty, and personal safety and impedes social and economic advancement.
Fatma Mohamed Hassan +2 more
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Strategies for the prevention and eradication of femicide: Legal, institutional and societal dimensions, challenges and perspectives [PDF]
Pravni ZapisiFemicide is commonly conceptualized and defined as the gender-based or gender-motivated killing of women. It is a global issue, prompting national states to implement legislative, policy and practical measures and actions to address it.
Jovanović Slađana, Ćopić Sanja
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Femicide Circumstances and Harmfulness: Case Report and Focusing Review. [PDF]
Diagnostics (Basel)(1) Background: Femicide is an increasing phenomenon consisting of the murder of a woman for gender-related reasons. Despite the enactment of new laws aimed at controlling the phenomenon by toughening the penalties and introducing aggravating ...
Stassi C +7 more
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