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Male-Centred Norms and Intimate Partner Femicides: A Case Study in German Homicide Law by David Linkerhaegner

open access: yesContemporary Challenges
This paper examines male-centred norms and femicide from a feminist criminology perspective, conducting a case study of the German criminal law's response to intimate partner femicide.
David Linkerhägner
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‘We Do Not Forget, We Do Not Forgive’: Anti‐Feminicide Collages and the Commemorative Politics of Care in Urban Space

open access: yesTijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the commemorative practices of two feminist collectives engaging in anti‐feminicide collages in the cities of Paris and Montreuil. Based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted between 2023 and 2025, it examines how these activist interventions, as temporary urban memorials, intersect memory‐work and care‐work in urban space ...
Morgane Rudaz
wiley   +1 more source

Professionals’ support role for survivors of femicide and relatives of victims

open access: yesJournal of Comparative Social Work, 2018
The ways in which care professionals’ support is provided to survivors of femicide, as well as to victims’ families (children, parents and siblings), may be crucial for their process of rehabilitation and integration into society, thereby increasing ...
Santiago Boira, Anita Nudelman
doaj   +1 more source

A Comparative Analysis of the Critical Resilience and Gender Equity of Mothers Impacted by Albinism: Promising Practices From Tanzania and South Africa

open access: yesPublic Health Challenges, Volume 5, Issue 2, June 2026.
Women bear the brunt of human rights violations faced by persons with albinism. Our ethnographic study showed that critical resilience comes about through social relationships, collective practices, and identities present in communities (local and national). We identified six promising practices in Tanzania and South Africa to strengthen gender equity.
Sheryl Reimer‐Kirkham   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

How Has NAFTA Affected the Business Relationship Between the United States and Mexico? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
This paper researches the effects NAFTA has had on the relationship between Mexico and the United States. It positions the question of why Mexico chose to enter the agreement within a larger historical context, debating the economic and social effects on
Molinaro, Julia
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'She knew he would murder her’

open access: yesJournal of Comparative Social Work, 2018
The media play a central role in the social construction of intimate femicide, and therefore the news coverage of femicide can contribute to social awareness and the response policies of institutions which deal with this crime.
Revital Sela-Shayovitz
doaj   +1 more source

Problem Representations of Femicide/Feminicide Legislation in Latin America

open access: yesInternational Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 2020
Femicide/feminicide has become an increasing social concern for local communities, international organizations, and national governments. In 2007, Latin American countries began enacting legislation to prevent and punish femicide/feminicide; however ...
Michelle Carrigan, Myrna Dawson
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« Débarrasser la société de femme[s] de ce genre-là ». Appréhender les archives judiciaires au prisme du genre pour enquêter sur les féminicides

open access: yesGlad!, 2021
This article focuses on cases of femicides in 19th century court records. Although femicide, in its contemporary understanding in France, seems to be reduced to its marital dimension (murder of a wife by her husband), the study of femicide archives based
Margot Giacinti
doaj   +1 more source

Toward a feminist geo‐legal reading: US country‐of‐origin information in asylum adjudication

open access: yesArea, Volume 58, Issue 2, June 2026.
Abstract In this article, we offer what we call ‘a feminist geo‐legal reading’ of documents used in spaces and practices of law. Legal cases and decisions are often based on different legal and non‐legal documents, including laws, explanatory memorandums, testimonies, medical reports, and so forth. In contemporary asylum adjudication, country‐of‐origin
Malene H. Jacobsen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

In Their Own Defence: Violence against girls, and girls as human rights defenders [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This paper was presented as a background document for the 2009 United Kingdom-India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI) Colloquium. The colloquium intended to explore the systems, mechanisms and practices available for female victims of violence ...
Brennan, Fernne, Packer, John
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