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Definition of femicide

General definition 

Killing of women and girls because of their gender, which can take the form of, inter alia:

  • the murder of women as a result of intimate partner violence;
  • the torture and misogynist slaying of women 
  • killing of women and girls in the name of “honour”;
  • targeted killing of women and girls in the context of armed conflict;
  • dowry-related killings of women;
  • killing of women and girls because of their sexual orientation and gender identity;
  • the killing of aboriginal and indigenous women and girls because of their gender;
  • female infanticide and gender-based sex selection foeticide;
  • genital mutilation related deaths;
  • accusations of witchcraft; and
  • other femicides connected with gangs, organized crime, drug dealers, human trafficking and the proliferation of small arms.

Statistical definition

The killing of a woman by an intimate partner and the death of a woman as a result of a practice that is harmful to women. Intimate partner is understood as a former or current spouse or partner, whether or not the perpetrator shares or has shared the same residence with the victim.

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    … Pronouns: She/her After a tragic femicide occurred in her hometown, Lena founded the …

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    … On that occasion, a picture on the Red Bench against Femicide, representing the Italian campaign to sensibilize on …

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  • The European Institute of Gender Equality’s role in supporting the implementation of the Istanbul Convention

    … developed sets of indicators on intimate partner violence, femicide and rape , and is developing a cyberviolence … has proposed common definitions and indicators of rape, femicide and intimate partner violence; developed tools to … on the 13 developed indicators on VAW (including rape and femicide) and DV is ongoing and, in collaboration with The …

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  • National data providers consultation meeting on administrative data collection on intimate partner violence and gender-based violence against women (GBVAW)

    … the 2023 data collection process on IPV, rape and femicide across the EU, the Agency continues to support EU …

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  • How we can resolutely combat all forms of gender-based violence

    … genital mutilation, intimate partner violence, rape, and femicide. Developing comprehensive data systems is how we … have proposed common definitions and indicators of rape, femicide and intimate partner violence. In addition, we have …

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  • Administrative data collection on violence against women and domestic violence

    … brief on better data collection. There’s also a brief on femicide, stressing the need for sex-disaggregated data on … the collection of national administrative data on femicide in the EU | European Institute for Gender Equality  …

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  • Orange The World 2023: Prevention & Protection

    … of gender-based violence   Intimate partner violence   Femicide   Prevention and protection   Explore EIGE's work on …

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  • Q&As from Gender Equality Index 2023 Conference

    … forms of VAW (intimate partner violence (IPV), rape and femicide). The first administrative data collection was …

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  • Women’s Rights and Gender Justice Peer learning

    … Working Group (WRGJ WG) will focus on measures to prevent femicide, combining theoretical knowledge with testimonies …

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  • Policy response to violence against women and Femicide Roundtables

    … learning on violence against women policy reform, and femicide. EIGE has been invited to present alongside with … on risk assessment tools for the police and on counting femicide in the EU. …

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  • European Conference on Domestic Violence

    … data on intimate partner violence, rape and femicide: a look into the available indicators and their …

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  • EU rights and equality agency heads: EU countries must work together to eradicate violence against women

    … provide more targeted support to protect women. But with femicide reports increasing across Europe, it is clear that … a package to help EU countries name, count and end femicide. To start with, all EU countries should ratify the … to what extent EU countries are delivering justice for femicide victims and their families . EIGE will also release …

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  • EIGE publications plan 2023

    … Published Gender-responsive evaluation Report Published Femicide: shedding light on the 'invisible' victims Policy … brief Published Improving legal responses to counter femicide in the European Union: Perspectives from victims and … Factsheet Published Understanding intimate partner femicide in the European Union. The essential need for …

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  • Developing EU-wide terminology and indicators for data collection on violence against women

    … against women through the use of indicators on rape, femicide and intimate partner violence, which will guide … to regularly measure the prevalence and incidence of rape, femicide, and intimate partner violence in a harmonised way. … To develop definitions for statistical purposes of rape, femicide and intimate partner violence; To establish …

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  • Advancing administrative data collection on Intimate partner violence and gender-related killings of women

    … data collection on intimate partner violence, rape and femicide, which have been developed by EIGE.  The project … to help Member States develop a classification system for femicide cases. As part of the project, EIGE analyses the … of data collection on intimate partner violence, rape and femicide in 30 different jurisdictions across all 27 EU …

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  • The need to improve data collection

    … Terminology and indicators for data collection on rape, femicide and intimate partner violence: EU-wide terminology …

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  • Understanding intimate partner femicide in the European Union: The essential need for administrative data collection

    … Femicide is an extreme form of gender-based violence, defined … international institutions use various terms to refer to femicide, including ‘gender-related killing of women’ and … knowledge-based measures to combat intimate partner femicide. Administrative data is information that is created …

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  • Hidden in plain sight: improving legal responses for ‘invisible’ victims of femicide

    … weeks, killings of a woman or girl because of her gender (femicide) in a few EU Member States show the urgency to … publishes the report Improving legal responses to counter femicide in the European Union: Perspectives from victims and … EU countries gather solid data to classify and measure femicide. The spate of femicide cases in 2021 puts victims’ …

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  • Improving legal responses to counter femicide in the European Union: Perspectives from victims and professionals

    … Femicide, commonly understood as the killing of a woman or … of killed women are rarely considered direct victims of femicide. As a result, their needs and rights – both during … a comprehensive analysis of legal responses to counter femicide. The information was collected through desk …

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