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The Routledge International Handbook on Femicide and Feminicide

Book Publication

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Femi(ni)cide 101: What do you need to know about femicide?

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The Femicide Volumes Collection 2013-2023

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LATEST POSTS

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UN Women Discuss European Countries Setting the Example for Addressing Femicide 2023

04.05.2023

Article

2012 Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, Rashida Manjoo

23.05.2012

Report

Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (2011)

05.11.2011

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The Istanbul Convention and the CEDAW framework: A comparison of measures to prevent and combat violence against women

01.01.2011

Convention

The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Final Report 2019

06.06.2019

Guideline, Framework

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Latin American Model Protocol for the investigation of gender-related killings of women (femicide/feminicide)

01.01.2014

Guideline, Framework

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Inter-American model law on the prevention, punishment and eradication of the gender-related killing of women and girls (femicide/feminicide)

01.01.2018

Guideline, Framework

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Mexico: The long history of feminicide and the case of Mariana Lima | UNSA Vienna Femicide Team

Country Dossier

UNSRVAW 2021 report: Taking stock of the femicide watch initiative

12.07.2021

Report

A theoretical approach to the concept of femicide/feminicide

26.08.2021

Study

Women in Mexico to ‘disappear’ in protest against rising femicide rate

26.08.2021

News Article

'Mexico's Fight against Femicide Reaches a Boiling Point' 2020 Podcast

03.03.2020

Podcast

News report about evidence on rape and killings of women in Ukraine

25.04.2022

News Article

Opinion: The need for a national femicide watch in the U.S.

08.05.2021

News Article

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Femicide in Germany: A silent epidemic

04.03.2022

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A Blueprint for Canada's National Action Plan on Violence Against Women and Girls

01.02.2015

Guideline, Framework

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'Femicide' song by South African rapper Ontiretse

13.08.2020

Music

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2021 meeting on Femicide Observatories and psychological violence against Women

25.11.2021

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