Publications
Female Geronticide: The Case of Israel
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 and also have applications globally.
Femicide in Israel: In: P R Kumaraswamy (Ed.)
Shalva Weil,
Palgrave International Handbook of Israel,
Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore.
The chapter provides an introduction to what femicide is and its status globally. Then it explains the state of femicide and the types of killings in Israel, including so-called honor killings among the Arab population in Israel. It discusses the rise in femicide in Israel during covid-19 and the reduction in the number of femicides committed after the covid-19 regulations were relaxed.
Gendered Pandemics: suicide, femicide and COVID-19
Shalva Weil, Katerina Srandish,
Journal of Gender Studies, 30 (7): 807-818.
doi:10.1080/09589236.2021.188088302/2021
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The article offers a analysis 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. Femicide and suicide rates have increased for women at unprecedented levels as a direct result of pandemic public health measures.
Domestic Terrorism in 2020: A Report of the Israel Observatory on Femicide
Shalva Weil,
Cambio. doi: 10.13128/cambio-10383
This article describes the establishment of the Israel Observatory on Femicide (IOF) in November 2020, and documents all the femicide cases perpetrated in Israel during 2020. It is the first report of its kind in Israel, and special attention is paid to the connection between femicide and covid-19.
Violence against Women in the Domestic Arena
Weil, S.
"A Week without Violence" by Vlad, M.
2018