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Femicide trends at the start of the 21st. century: Prevalence, risk factors and national public health actions

open access: yesGlobal Public Health, 2023
Lethal violence requires a gender-based analysis which recognises that femicide is different from homicide in many ways. Structural factors such as national income and wealth equality together with government policies may influence the scale of the ...
Richard Whittington   +2 more
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Victims of femicide in Latin America: Legal and criminal justice responses [PDF]

open access: yesTemida, 2017
Despite the progress that women have made in the fight against gender-based violence, it is still prevalent in various countries in the world. For many women in Latin American countries femicide is a constant reality.
Joseph Janice
doaj   +1 more source

"But the law won't help us":challenges of mobilizing Law 348 to address violence against women in Bolivia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Drawing on findings of an original 12-month ethnographic study, this article presents the challenges that Bolivian women face in accessing a new law that has been designed to protect them, Law 348 to "Guarantee Women a Life Free from Violence." Data ...
Rogers, Ashley
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The reaction to femicide in criminal law [PDF]

open access: yesTemida, 2016
Misogynous and sexist violence against women, which often results in death, represents a global problem. Numerous international and national legal instruments are dedicated to the prevention and sanctioning of violence against women.
Batrićević Ana
doaj   +1 more source

FEMICIDE IN ROMANIA. SOCIAL REALITIES AND MEDIA REPRESENTATIONS CASE STUDY: A FEMICIDE FROM AUGUST 2021 PRESENTED BY THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA

open access: yesAnthropological Researches and Studies, 2023
Objectives. Femicide and violence against women (VAW) represent two phenomena with a major impact concerning the public health, women rights and the freedom of speech. This article aims to capture the manner in which a Romanian femicide case is framed in
Daniela ROVENŢA-FRUMUŞANI   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Young intimate femicide in Romania. Incidence and risk factors

open access: yesAnthropological Researches and Studies, 2018
This paper presents the results of the first research made in Romania on young intimate femicide cases committed between 2011 and 2015. The study aims to identify the incidence, risk factors and the particularities of the young intimate femicide from a
ECATERINA BALICA,
doaj   +1 more source

Lack of Mutual Respect in Relationship The Endangered Partner [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Violence in a relationship and in a family setting has been an issue of concern to various interest groups and professional organizations. Of particular interest in this article is violence against women in a relationship.
A. A ALAO   +20 more
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Intimate Partner Femicide in Romania: An Analysis of the Online Media News

open access: yesПроблеми на постмодерността, 2021
The study presents the results of the analysis of the way in which the Romanian online media covered the cases of intimate partner femicide committed between 2011-2015.
Ecaterina Balica
doaj   +1 more source

The Foreign Exchange Rate-Femicide Nexus in Turkey: Evidence from the Cointegration Tests Based on Nonlinear and Fourier Functions

open access: yesStudia Humana, 2023
The purpose of this study is to look at femicide from a different perspective, even though it may seem unrelated at first. Accordingly, it investigated the existence of a link between foreign exchange, which was a major cause of the crises and ...
Çiğdem Gülgün
doaj   +1 more source

Moving Towards More Inclusive Definitions of Femicide: Intersectionality and Marginalised Identities

open access: yesContemporary Challenges, 2023
Femicide violence has long been invisible. Drawing on feminist scholarship, this article will discuss existing definitions of femicide that have been key to its recognition as a distinct phenomenon.
Martina Caterini
doaj   +1 more source

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