Israel Observatory on Femicide
Report on Femicide Cases 1.1.2021 - 22.11.2021
Report on Femicide Cases in 2020
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'The New York Times'
4.12.2021
Year That Killing Women Caught Israelis Attention
Op-Ed
'Haaretz'
23.11.2021
Violence against women spreading like COVID-19
Op-Ed
'The Jerusalem Post'
25.11.2021
Tue, 07 DecWebinarJoin us on December 7th, at 6:00 EST | 12:00 CET | 13:00 EET | 19:00 CST for an event that will be a space to discuss femicide: the most extreme form of gender-based violence. Prominent experts and academics dealing with the problem worldwide will come together to discuss the key issues they believe
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25.11.2021
Shalva Weil, Noam S. Keshet
Journal of Gender Studies, 30 (1):39-51. doi:10.1080/09589236.2020.1809361
This study of femicide involving elderly women, or female geronticide includes an empirical report on the findings of the first longitudinal study on female geronticide in Israel, which demonstrates that over a period of 10 years female geronticide was perpetrated solely by intimate male partners. The findings are important for policy-makers in Israel but have applications globally.
Vered Ne’eman-Haviv
Journal of Family Theory and Review, June 2021
This article reviews the current literature in the field, using a sociocultural theoretical framework, and critically examines the effect of modernization processes on the phenomenon, distinguishing between Arab and Muslim countries and Western countries. The review shows that despite modernization processes, and at times owing to concerns about these processes, the use of honor killings as a tool to strengthen patriarchal control seems to be widening.
Shalva Weil
Journal of Gender Studies, 30 (7): 807-818. doi: 10.1080/09589236.2021.1880883
The article offers a collocation of COVID-19 alongside two other pandemics that are likely to increase during and after public health responses to the coronavirus: suicide and femicide. Both of these forms of violence are patterned, predictable, and highly gendered. We assert that femicide and suicide rates will increase for women to unprecedented levels as a direct result of pandemic public health measures.
Shalva Weil
Cambio, 02/2021.DOI: 10.13128/cambio-10383.
This article will describe the establishment of the Israel Observatory on Femicide (IOF) in November 2020, and document all the femicide cases perpetrated in Israel during 2020. It is the first report of its kind in Israel. Special attention will be paid to the connection between femicide and covid-19 during this difficult year.