Routledge International Handbook on Femicide and Feminicide

This volume explores in depth femicide and feminicide bringing together our current knowledge on this phenomenon and its prevention.. No country is free from femicide/feminicide which represents the tip of the iceberg in male violence against women and girls. Therefore it is crucial and timely to better understand how states and their citizens are experiencing and responding to femicide/feminicide globally. Through the work of internationally recognised feminist and grassroots activists researchers and academics from around the world this handbook offers the first in-depth global examination of the growing social movement to address femicide and feminicide. It includes the current state of knowledge and the prevalence of femicide/feminicide and its characteristics across countries and world regions as well as the social and legal responses to these killings. The contributions contained here look at the accomplishments of the past four decades ongoing challenges and current and future priorities to identify where we need to go from here to prevent femicide/feminicide specifically and male violence against women and girls overall.. This transnational multidisciplinary cross-sectoral handbook will contribute to research policy and practice globally at a time when it is needed the most. It brings a visible global focus to the growing concern about femicide/feminicide underscoring the importance of adopting a human rights framework in working towards its prevention in an increasingly unstable global world for women and girls.