Violence against women and femicide: two sides of the same genocidal strategy

This article exposes the initial findings of the research project "Femicide: The Extreme Expression of Violence Against Women". It focuses on the theoretical discussion about the concept of femicide and how it is reflected in the country’s statistics on violence against women. This text no...

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Bibliographic Details
Author: Piedra Durán, Marcela
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2019
Country:Costa Rica
Institution:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repository:Portal de Revistas UCR
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/36955
Online Access:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/reflexiones/article/view/36955
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Citizen security
Violence
Patriarchy
Discrimination against women
Misogyny
Seguridad ciudadana
Violencia
Patriarcado
Discriminación contra las mujeres
Misoginia
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Summary:This article exposes the initial findings of the research project "Femicide: The Extreme Expression of Violence Against Women". It focuses on the theoretical discussion about the concept of femicide and how it is reflected in the country’s statistics on violence against women. This text not only visualizes femicide as a public interest matter, but also the need to include it in all the violence prevention policies developed in Costa Rica.