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The Routledge International Handbook on Femicide and Feminicide

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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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Integrating Gender-Based Violence in Public Health

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UN Women and UNODC: Pilot Study to Address Femicide Data Gaps in Mongolia

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South Africa: Launch Femicide Watch Tracking App

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The National Plan for Combatting Gender-Based Violence and Femicide in South Africa

9 things we learned when investigating partner violence and femicide in Slovakia

10.04.2024

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2024 new Brazilian law punishes femicide with up to 40 years in prison

11.10.2024

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Femicide on the Rise: Kenya’s Need to Reconstruct a Security System

20.01.2024

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

04.05.2023

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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

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

06.06.2019

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

01.01.2014

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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

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

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UNSRVAW 2021 report: Taking stock of the femicide watch initiative

12.07.2021

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