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Assessing the Impact of National Strategic Plans on Gender-based Violence and Femicide in South Africa and Its Effects on GBV Rates.

open access: yesAfrican Journal on Impact, Economic and Social Studies
South Africa’s National Strategic Plan on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (NSP-GBVF), adopted in ...
J. Segale
semanticscholar   +1 more source

More inequality, more violence acceptance? Investigating the link between economic inequality and tolerance of gender‐based violence

open access: yesAnalyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, Volume 26, Issue 2, August 2026.
Abstract Beyond its well‐documented health‐related effects, economic inequality has significant sociopsychological consequences. This research examines how perceived economic inequality is associated with tolerance of gender‐based violence through status anxiety and sexualization processes.
Roberta Rosa Valtorta
wiley   +1 more source

Protections and Rights: An Intersectional and Diachronic Perspective on Women and the Law in Latin American History

open access: yesHistory Compass, Volume 24, Issue 4, August 2026.
ABSTRACT In just a few decades, historiography on gender and law in Latin America has grown from foundational works establishing the dimensions of women's legal status in colonial compilations and later national codes to scholarship that considers the distinctions among different social groups of women and traces women as active agents in pluralistic ...
Sarah C. Chambers
wiley   +1 more source

A Criminological Description of Femicide [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The Polish word for “femicide”, kobietobójstwo, is a composite of two concepts and words, viz. the English word femicide and feminicidio, a term used in the Spanish-speaking world.
Grzyb, Magdalena
core   +3 more sources

An Exploration of Emergency Healthcare Provision When Intimate Partner Abuse Is Identified

open access: yesJournal of Clinical Nursing, Volume 35, Issue 8, Page 3538-3545, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Aim This paper aims to synthesise the current, global evidence on addressing psychological concerns of women presenting with domestic and family violence within the ED and suggest avenues for future research. Design This discursive paper draws on clinical experience and research of the authors and critical synthesis of current literature on ...
Shannon Dhollande   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Capitalism and Femicide: an Empirical Inquiry

open access: yesKyklos, Volume 79, Issue 3, Page 769-787, August 2026.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the claim that capitalism (or neoliberal reforms) is associated with higher rates of femicide, which is often identified as an outcome of the capitalist exploitation of women in parts of the feminist literature. Employing a panel of 163 countries observed between 1990 and 2023, we find no significantly positive ...
Christian Bjørnskov, Martin Rode
wiley   +1 more source

Motivations for Juvenile Offending Behaviour and Femicide

open access: yes
There is a general consensus that crime is disproportionately committed by young people. This is particularly pertinent in relation to femicide in two ways: the high rates of adolescent femicide (Coyne-Beasley et al., 2003) and the childhood histories of
Schaffer, Krystal, Bryce, India
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Partner or Former Partner Femicide’s Characterization and Discriminatory Hate Crimes

open access: yesDerecho PUCP, 2018
This article aims to specify a coherent and useful interpretation of feminicide behavior (or as preferred by the author “femicide”), which is included, in a non -uniform manner- in several criminal definitions in Latin American legislations.
Mercedes Pérez Manzano
doaj   +1 more source

FEMINISTS VERSUS MONUMENTS? From Protests to Anti‐monuments in Mexico City

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Volume 50, Issue 4, Page 982-1002, July 2026.
Abstract This article examines the role of heritage spaces and monuments in the Historic Centre of Mexico City during ongoing feminist mobilizations. Feminists have claimed that the Mexican government is more concerned about protecting monuments and urban heritage than acting to prevent gender‐based violence and femicide.
Fernando Gutiérrez
wiley   +1 more source

Femicide in perspective [PDF]

open access: yes
Het nieuwe themanummer van het wetenschappelijk tijdschrift Justitiële verkenningen behandelt een onderwerp dat op het moment volop in de belangstelling staat: femicide.
Römkens, R.   +9 more
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