Understanding Femicide: A Call to Action
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Behind an empowered woman is herself fighting against everything every hour, each,
minute, every second, and every day. Good morning companions, teachers, judging panel, my name is
Agneth Dalahi Gutiérrez Torres, I represent the 1st F t/m group. The topic I will present to you is
a topic that has unfortunately gained more prominence in the present, I am referring to FEMICIDE.
The term 'feminicide' refers to a specific type of homicide in which a man kills a woman.
a woman, girl, or girl for being female. Unlike other types of murder, the
femicide often occurs at home as a consequence of gender violence. It also
are categorized as hate crimes, given that they occur in a context in which the feminine has
has been stigmatized for years.
The word 'femicide' is in dispute; there are authors who claim that it includes any murder whose
the victim is a woman, regardless of the gender of the perpetrator or what their
motivations. But I wonder, are there reasons to kill another human being? As a society
Do we promote gender violence? What laws protect us as women, just like these?
There may be many more questions that perhaps still have no answers today.
Femicide is the most extreme manifestation of abuse and violence by men against women. It
produced as a consequence of any type of gender violence, such as assaults
physical, rape, forced motherhood or genital mutilation.
Statistically, it is estimated that around 66,000 femicides are committed worldwide each year.
However, it is important to note that the number of cases of gender-based violence tends to
underestimating and that many countries do not differentiate between homicides and femicides.
While 80% of murder victims are men, this is one of the factors that explains
why femicide needs to be distinguished from other murders. Countries with the highest rates
the highest rates of femicide are in El Salvador, Jamaica, Guatemala, South Africa, and Russia. More than half of the 25
countries with the highest rate of femicides are in America; in addition to those mentioned, on the list there
they find Honduras, Colombia, Bolivia, Venezuela, Brazil or the Dominican Republic.
La muerte violenta de las mujeres por razones de género, tipificada en nuestro sistema penal como
feminicide is the most extreme form of violence against women and one of the most
serious forms of discrimination against us as women.
In our Federal Penal Code, femicide is classified in article 325, which
It is established that "whoever takes the life of a woman for reasons of commits the crime of femicide.
gender", it is considered that there are gender reasons when one of the following occurs
circumstances.
The victim shows signs of sexual violence of any kind.
2. The victim has suffered injuries or degrading or humiliating mutilations, prior or subsequent.
to the privacy of life.
3. Are there any records or data of any kind of violence in the family, workplace, or school context?
active subject against the victim.
4. There has been a sentimental, emotional, or trust relationship between the perpetrator and the victim.
5. There is data that establishes that there were threats related to the criminal act, harassment, or injuries.
from the subject towards the victim.
The victim has been isolated.
7. The body of the victim shall be exposed or displayed in a public place.
It is advisable that any death of a woman be investigated regardless of the cause.
since it can simulate a suicide, an accident, but in reality we might be talking about a
more to the unfortunate long list of women murdered as a result of femicide.
According to Diana Russell, who is credited with popularizing the word 'femicide,' she mentions that
some of the main motivations for these murders are anger, hatred, jealousy, and the search
of pleasure.
Other variables that Russell considers relevant are misogyny, the sense of gender superiority.
and the conception of women as property. These variables are transmitted culturally and favor
the violence of men against women. Something so common that feeds on actions and
permissions towards men. I am referring to Machismo, unfortunately, that is created and developed from
house and socially allowed even in these times.
But it is important to know the types of femicides that exist in order to identify them and to be able to have
a considerable margin of prevention and care.
Intimate family: family refers to a member of the close or extended family. And intimate to the task.
by the partner or ex-partner of the victim.
Lesbicide: consisting of sexually abusing a homosexual woman with the aim of making her
behave as if he were heterosexual or simply as punishment. How much social ignorance
existing today.
Racial feminicide: here the gender component is added to an ethnic factor: in these cases, the murderer
kills the victim both for being a woman and for having cultural and physical traits different from their own.
It is a mix of elements that generate hatred in a completely irrational way.
Serial feminicide: This type of feminicide usually occurs when a man kills women in a way
repeated to obtain sadistic sexual pleasure.
Women: let's take all these situations into account. Let's take our precautions if we see ourselves
immersed in some of these situations. Let's report the violent man, and seek help
necessary to get out of that situation.
The brutal murder of a minor exposes the insecurity of a Mexican municipality, the discovery of bones
cadáveres de dos mujeres en maletas sacude México”, “la fiscalía mexicana identifica a ocho víctimas
from the 'monster of Ecatepec', 'Latin America the deadliest region for women', 'silence marks the
investigation of the feminicide of the Mexican Marbella Ibarra” ENOUGH, let these be the headlines of
the newspapers and the news, let's fight together to eradicate this terrible situation that is a reality,
but I am sure that together as a society we will achieve transformation.
Let's not be afraid! We are neither the guilty nor the ones generating Violence. Nobody
No human being has the right to mistreat another! Let us have the necessary strength to prevent and eradicate it.
violence that men exert towards women.
NO to violence, nor to femicide!
FEMICIDE is the terrible word that defines the deaths caused by acts of violence against women that
they have not had the opportunity to get out of those situations.
Let's make our HUMAN RIGHTS count!
And let us stop being 'the voices of the silenced' to become the voices of love and change.