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Black Femicides Matter: Conceptualizing the Killings of Black Girls and Women as Structural and Cultural Violence

Homicide Studies, 2023
Although men of color are disproportionately the victims of violence in the United States, Black women face a substantial risk. This work presents a layered commentary on the growing epidemic of Black femicide.
Brianne M. Posey
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Femicides and Victim's age-Associated Factors in Peru

Hispanic Health Care International, 2023
Background. Femicides are an increasing social problem worldwide. In this study, we aim to describe the trend of femicides in the prepandemic decade and characterize the femicide victims and their perpetrators. Methods. We assessed the trend of femicides
A. Quispe   +6 more
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A 70-year study of femicides at the Forensic Medicine department, University of Bologna (Italy).

Forensic Science International, 2022
Femicide is defined as the gender-related killings of women and girls or as an any intentional murder of women and it represents a worldwide health issue.
A. Giorgetti   +6 more
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A retrospective study on femicides assessed at the Institute of Legal Medicine of Milan. Are older women at risk?

Forensic Science International, 2021
The purpose of the present research is to analyze temporal tend, victim's and perpetrator's specific features and the role of risk factors of femicides assessed at the Institute of Legal Medicine of Milan (in the North of Italy) from 2006 to 2020.
G. Vignali   +2 more
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Textile Healing – Feminist Resistance Against Sexualized Violence and Femicides Through Activist Art

Journal of Textile Design Research and Practice, 2022
The public display of textile activist art generates visibility and attention. The artworks discussed in this paper are material signs of rebellion against sexualized violence against women/as women read persons and femicides.
Sarah Held
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Femicides in Europe: A tragedy beyond Italy

International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, 2021
Femicide is the lethal expression of violence against women for gender-based reasons [1]. The burden of femicide has been worsened by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic due in part to the increased isolation of women, and, the wider financial instability of ...
Saverio Bellizzi   +2 more
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Female-Perpetrated Femicide and Attempted Femicide

Violence Against Women, 2004
Femicide, the homicide of women, is the seventh leading cause of premature death for women overall. Intimate partner (IP) homicide accounts for approximately 40% to 50% of U.S. femicides. The vast majority of IP femicides are perpetrated by male partners, with .05% of IP femicides in the U.S. perpetrated by female partners.
Nancy Glass   +3 more
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Femicide

2019
On November 26, 2012, the Vienna Declaration on Femicide was signed by participants at a one-day symposium convened by the Academic Council on United Nations System (ACUNS). This symbolic event comes more than forty years after Diana Russell first used the term testifying at the International Tribunal on Crimes Against Women. Since the mid-1970s, there
Corradi, Consuelo, Bandelli, Daniela
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A nationwide forensic case-series of femicides in Italy - Part 1: Clues to the motives of the murder.

Legal Medicine
Understanding the motives behind femicides is crucial to design effective prevention strategies and to support women's self-determination, free from threats to their mental and physical integrity.
R. Cecchi   +69 more
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A nationwide forensic case-series of femicides in Italy - Part 2: Clues to its epidemiology, prediction and prevention.

Legal Medicine
Femicides are grievous, but little is known about risk factors and preventive measures. We present the results of a study conducted across 27 Italian Forensic Institutes. We analyzed 1,238 cases of female homicide and, adopting the definition of femicide
R. Cecchi   +73 more
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