Interrogating Femicide and Feminicide: From the Local to the Global

Monday, 7 July 2025: 13:00-14:45
Location: FSE014 (Faculty of Education Sciences (FSE))
WG11 Violence and Society (host committee)

Language: English and Spanish

Interrogating Femicide and Feminicide: From the Local to the Global

The recent special thematic section on femicide and feminicide in International Sociology is only one step in the journey to foster a much-needed dialogue about the realities of femicide and feminicide locally, regionally and globally. The heterogeneity of this phenomenon is complex, requiring interrogation from various angles, and incorporating varying theoretical and methodological approaches. Despite intense attention in the past decade, there remain many unanswered questions about femicide and feminicide. How can we better document and understand the role of community and societal contributors? Why have specific groups of women and girls remained at disproportionate risk despite increasing recognition of their vulnerabilities and the role of overlapping oppressions and inequalities? How can we better understand what has worked and what has not worked in prevention efforts? This session will serve as a platform to showcase papers examining these and other issues with the aim of catalyzing meaningful and critical dialogue.

Session Organizers:
Myrna DAWSON, University of Guelph, Canada and Martín DI MARCO, Leiden University, Netherlands
Oral Presentations
Murder, Gender and the Law: From Crime of Passion to Femicide
Laura Isabella BRUNKE, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
He Announced It after All: Dealing with Death Threats in Cases of Intimate Partner Femicide after Separation
Horn STEFFI, Germany; Thomas GÖRGEN, German Police University, Germany; Catharina VOGT, German Police University, Germany
Femicidio: Esta Sí, Esta No.
Dahiana PADILLA, Facultad de Derecho Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay; Natalia ACOSTA, Facultad de Derecho Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay; Maria Natalia SUEIRO MICHELIS, Universidad de la República, Uruguay; Pedro ALGORTA, Facultad de Derecho Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay; Maria ECHETTO, Facultad de Derecho Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay
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