This work explores the extreme violence against women before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Peru, considering different restriction periods. This is relevant in view of increased violence against women. The objective ...

Abstract: Feminicide in Mexico is most notoriously associated with the serial deaths of women in and around Ciudad Juárez. A 2005 congressional investigation expanded, nonetheless, the geographical scope of feminicide, ...

The most visible expression of violence against women is feminicide. The majority of feminicide cases are committed by the partner or former partner of the victim. This involves ongoing domestic abuses, threats or intimidation, ...

This paper aims to present aspects related to the applicability of Protective Measures of Urgency in Maria da Penha Law, understanding that law as a way of curbing feminicide crime. For this purpose, it is presented ...

Los medios masivos de comunicación, entendidos como elementos activos de las tecnologías de género, ejercen un tipo particular de violencia simbólica en relación al feminicidio, en tanto responsabilizan a las mujeres ...

Beginning in the 1980s, Latin American feminist movements identified violence against women as one the main social problems in the region, resulting from a system of gender oppression intertwined with economic and political ...