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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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  • Measuring femicide in Bulgaria

    … To improve the collection of administrative data on femicide, EIGE has been working to establish indicators that … ultimate goal is to identify a classification system of femicide with mutually agreed variables that can be used by …

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  • Measuring femicide in Belgium

    … To improve the collection of administrative data on femicide, EIGE has been working to establish indicators that … ultimate goal is to identify a classification system of femicide with mutually agreed variables that can be used by …

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  • Measuring femicide in Austria

    … To improve the collection of administrative data on femicide, EIGE has been working to establish indicators that … ultimate goal is to identify a classification system of femicide with mutually agreed variables that can be used by …

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  • Femicide

    … Femicide is the most severe manifestation of gender-based … which promotes an unequal status for men and women. Femicide is broadly defined as the killing of a woman or girl … provides information about EIGE’s research initiatives on femicide. EIGE supports Member States in their efforts to …

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  • Femicide: a classification system

    … on a commonly acknowledged definition and typology of femicide, with recognised variables, units of measurement and … This new report highlights the importance of measuring femicide based on joint definitions, starting from a classification of different types of femicide and agreed variables that help to identify them. It …

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    • Health
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  • Measuring femicide in the EU and internationally: an assessment

    … and girls is essential to understanding the prevalence of femicide. This data gathering must be based on a commonly acknowledged definition of femicide and recognised units of measurement and indicators, as well as a typology of femicide. This report gives a comprehensive overview of …

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  • Defining and identifying femicide: a literature review

    … of, types of, indicators of and data collection systems on femicide in the EU Member States and the United Kingdom, and … literature on variables and factors used to identify femicide and gender-related motives of female homicides. It … the state of play on defining and creating typologies of femicide. The literature review relies on a broad definition …

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  • The COVID-19 pandemic aggravates and brings forth health inequalities

    … to a rise in violence (Hsu and Henke, 2020), including femicide (Townsend, 2020; Vagianos, 2020). It is broadly …

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  • A dearth of evidence hampers true assessment of violence against women

    … of this violence, the only regularly available data is for femicide. EIGE defines femicide as ‘[the] killing of a woman by an intimate partner … [1] . The challenge is to capture the gendered nature of femicide, as no Member State recognises it as a separate …

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  • References

    … Weil, S. (2020). Gendering–Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Femicide. The European Sociologist, 1(45). Wendland, E. M., …

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  • Domain of violence

    … against women (physical violence, sexual violence and femicide). Based on data collected by FRA in 2012 (FRA, …

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  • EIGE's indicators on intimate partner violence, rape and femicide: Recommendations to improve data quality, availability and comparability

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  • EIGE's indicators on intimate partner violence, rape and femicide: EU state of play

    … The current state of play in populating IPV, rape and femicide indicators across the EU is then assessed. This …

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  • Providing justice to victims of femicide

    … Femicide continues to be widespread around the globe. In 2020 the global estimation of femicide shows that 47 000 women were killed by intimate … considered as direct victims. Legal gaps in tackling femicide hinder their access to justice, leaving victims of …

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  • Gender-based violence intersects with multiple axes of oppression

    … makes older women particularly vulnerable, including to femicide (Brennan et al., 2017). This is especially true for …

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  • Collecting data on violence presents long-standing challenges

    … measurement framework, recent data is available only for femicide. This form of violence is commonly understood as … (EIGE, 2017a, p. 4), but there is no legal definition of femicide as a criminal offence, either at EU or Member State … partner [1] . The country with the highest rate of femicide (calculated per 100 000 women) was Latvia, while the …

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  • References

    … Femicides of elderly women in England and Wales. In Femicide Volume VIII. Abuse and feminicide of the older woman … Schröttle, and Stevkovic. (2018). Exploring the data on femicide across Europe. In S. Weil, Corradi, C., & Naudi, M. (Ed.), Femicide across Europe (pp. 93-166): Policy Press. Council of …

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  • Highlights of the Gender Equality Index 2020

    … of intimate pictures without consent. Analysing data on femicide presents long-standing challenges, owing to the lack of a uniform EU legal definition of femicide and significant differences in data collection …

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  • Intimate partner violence: data collection methodology

    … data, EIGE researched terminology and indicators on rape, femicide and intimate partner violence as part of a study … of the multiple forms of intimate partner violence, femicide and rape in 2018 This document presents the …

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    • Violence
  • Migration

    … of gender-based violence, including its extreme form – femicide. Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a form of …

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