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What is Femi(ni)cide?

What do we mean by gender-related killings of women and girls?
Where does it happen? Why is it happening?

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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

Observatory

DOHS Cares for Vulnerable Women and Children Foundation

Observatory

Intimate Partner Femicide Investigation at the Institues of Legal Medicine of Freiburg and Padova

2009-2018 Study on Femicide in South Africa as a Public Health Issue

Femicide in Hong Kong, 2015-2019

2023 UNOCS AND UN WOMEN ON FEMICIDE RESEARCH

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Event report: Feminicide in Focus with Ololade Ajayi

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World-wide Femicide Watches, Observatories, Initiatives

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The Red Heart Campaign

Observatory

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Femi(ni)cide in Focus: Expert Series (2) featuring Ololade Ajayi

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Feminicide in Focus 2: Ololade Ajayi

Webinar

Ololade Ajayi

Ololade Ajayi

Activist

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United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Reports on Femicide

Topic Dossier

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

Topic Dossier

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Event Report: Femicide Trends in the Caribbean

Webinar

Ivonne Ramirez

Ivonne Ramirez

NGO / Civil Society

Monika Schröttle

Monika Schröttle

Observatory

Silvana Fumega

Silvana Fumega

Academia / Research

Silvia Ivette Juarez Barrios

Silvia Ivette Juárez Barrios

NGO / Civil Society

Patsili Toledo Vasquez

Patsilí Toledo Vásquez

Academia / Research

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