Femicide in Latin America

A Growing Threat to Women's Security
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-041-08897-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 124 Seiten, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm

Reihe: Focus on Global Gender and Sexuality

Femicide in Latin America: A Growing Threat to Women's Security explores the persistent and rising rates of femicide across sixteen Central and South American countries as a critical issue of national stability and regional security.

The book examines how cultural norms like machismo, organized crime, state-level patriarchy, and human trafficking create environments where women face increasing risk, supported by comprehensive data, case studies, and lived experiences. It features a Colombian case study documenting the first legal recognition of femicide as a weapon of war, demonstrating how conflict amplifies gender-based violence. By connecting femicide to broader security discussions, the work offers practical policy recommendations to address this escalating crisis.

Femicide in Latin America: A Growing Threat to Women's Security is essential reading for students, researchers, and policymakers in human rights, security studies, Latin American politics, feminist studies, gender studies, and international law.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vladoiu, Isabelle

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Sexualpsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1. Understanding Femicide: More Than a Gender Issue 2. Why Femicide Persists: Cultural Roots, Inequality, and Impunity 3. Femicide and the Law: Regional and International Legal Frameworks 4. Gender Inequality and Femicide 5. Human Trafficking and Femicide: An Overlooked Nexus in Latin America 6. Femicide as a Weapon of War 7. A Path Forward: Regional Strategies and Global Responsibility

Über Autor(innen)

Isabelle Vladoiu is an award-winning human rights law specialist, global security expert, and founder of the U.S. Institute of Diplomacy and Human Rights. She holds a doctorate in Global Security from the American Military University, USA.