is seen to have acted in a way that “dishonored” her family, and the woman is killed to restore this lost honor. Femicide is used as a specific form of “gendercide,” which refers to any killing that targets a specific gender, and is in contrast to murders that target men or “...
Femicide is a key global indicator of progress towards gender equality. The occurrence of some but not all five gender dimensions in the indicators of violence used to measure progress towards United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 5, 11 and 16 are analysed as result...
Writer Carol Orlock likely introduced the term femicide in 1974. In addition to the continued killing of female babies and the abortion of female fetuses, modern forms of femicide may include legally sanctioned death penalties for wives accused of adultery, the deaths of women and girls caused by...
despite the establishment of a special commission on femicide in 2006, despite a 2009 ruling against the Mexican state by the Inter-American Human Rights Court, the state does not comprehensively track femicides.Undercounting is the case with many issues that relate to women and people...
“But, generally speaking, a tumor is about two centimetres before one can palpate or detect it with one’s own fingers,” Zhong said. “A mammogram can see things that are just millimetres — very, very early changes.” If an abnormality is spotted, and there’s a high suspicion of ca...
“one other emergency that’s been made invisible for many years, and that is the emergency girls reside inside their own properties, with multiple types of violence,” says Soto. Boesten and Ortiz observe that reports of both femicides and disappearances had been down considerably in the first...
The brutal crime sparked widespread outrage and highlighted the issue of femicide. The Duchess wrote “we stand together in this moment” on a ribbon that she tied to the memorial. Was it a good picture? Not particularly. Was it highlighting a new case? No. But the image resonated ...
Last week in Kezi district of Matabeleland South, a woman was hacked to death by her husband. Again femicide cases are growing disproportionately. Our female legislators must be put to task and be asked: what are they doing regarding the rate of violence of various forms against women and gi...
Abrahams N, Mathews S, Martin LJ, Lombard C, Jewkes R (2013) Intimate partner femicide in South Africa in 1999 and 2009. PLoS Med 10(4):e1001412. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001412 Article Google Scholar Adhia A, Lyons VH, Cohen-Cline H, Rowhani-Rahbar A (2020) Life ...
Uncover the dark story of women in Mexico City who join an online escort network, only to face a grim reality of disappearances and femicides. September 6 Rebel Ridge “Rebel Ridge” tells the story of a former Marine who battles local corruption. The local law enforcement unjustly takes his...