ФЕМИЦИД КАО ОБЛИК РОДНО ЗАСНОВАНОГ НАСИЉА
FEMICIDE AS A FORM OF GENDER BASED VIOLENCE

Summary/Abstract: The most severe manifestation form of violence against women is femicide - the sexis and mizogenic killing of females by males. The unique and general definition of femicide is not yet established, which makes statistical monitoring of femicide even more difficult, both in the international and national level. About femicide can be learned through the media, the police reports, through various estimations of the number of victims, through studies about mortality rates for women. But still, the though “dark figure” remains in increase. Murders of female inmates/spouses/partners are rarely described in media as a result of the growing violence in the family; on the contrary, when reporting on these crimes, women is the one to blame in order to justify the perpetrator in the public. Suicides of women who suffered years of domestic violence are also not included as femicide, although the suicide is the result of chronic manifestations of violence women suffered from the partner. The prevention of femicide prevention includes general measures and activities aiming to reduce patriarchal patterns of gender socialization, redefining gender roles, information and training skills of non-violent conflict resolution, abandonment of the the contol, power and domination concept. At the individual level, it is also important to educate women about the risk of victimization, how to prevent an escalation of violence into femicide, how to get protection, help and support on time. The legal reform in the field of subject is necessary in order to establish femicide charges and punishment measures, as well as early detection and response in any case of femicide behavior.

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