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The Routledge International Handbook on Femicide and Feminicide

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UNODC / UN WOMEN 2024 report on Global estimates of intimate partner/family member femicides

25.11.2025

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DOHS Cares for Vulnerable Women and Children Foundation

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Femicide in Hong Kong, 2015-2019

Taiwan: Adult Femicide Autopsies A 10 Year Review

16.05.2016

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Femicides in Northern Ireland During COVID-19: Understanding Offender Profiles

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Defining Femicide: A Medico-Legal Framework

Addressing Violence and Harmful Practices in Nigeria

12.05.2023

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The Red Heart Campaign

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Ololade Ajayi

Ololade Ajayi

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Femicide Cases in Kenya 2016-2024

01.01.2025

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Intimate partner sexual violence and Risk for Femicide, suicidality and Substance Use among Women in Antenatal Care and General out-patients in Thailand, 2018

06.02.2018

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2017 Glossary of definitions of rape, femicide and intimate partner violence | EIGE

07.06.2017

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Ivonne Ramirez

Ivonne Ramirez

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Monika Schröttle

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Silvana Fumega

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Silvia Ivette Juarez Barrios

Silvia Ivette Juárez Barrios

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