| dc.description.abstract | This report is part of the work of the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) on the collection of administrative data on violence against women. This report is part of a broader EIGE study aimed at supporting EU Member States in their efforts to collect administrative data on intimate partner violence and gender-related killings of women and girls (femicide). It is accompanied by further publications on data collection on violence against women. This literature review contributes to a comparative analysis of definitions of, types of, indicators of and data collection systems on femicide in the EU Member States and the United Kingdom, and at international level. It is based on a comprehensive and in-depth search for studies published in respected peer-reviewed journals and in books. The aim is to give an overview of the existing multidisciplinary literature on variables and factors used to identify femicide and gender- related motives of female homicides. It provides a structured outline of the state of play on defining and creating typologies of femicide. The literature review relies on a broad definition of femicide as ‘structural violence’, while acknowledging that femicide is an individual act with a specific motivation. It also reviews methodologies of gathering data on femicide, together with current challenges, and identifies adequate variables to identify femicide and gender-related motives of homicide. Only some of the literature described can contribute to developing an indicator of femicide or statistical measurement. This literature review presents an overview of peer-reviewed articles and publications on femicide from 2015 to 2020. Only some earlier articles and books are included, often quoted within more recent work. The systematic search was mainly restricted to English-language publications. | en_US |
