About feminicide, the woman’s right to name her experiences

Authors

  • Jackeline Aparecida Ferreira Romio Universidade Estadual de Campinas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2176-8099.pcso.2019.159745

Keywords:

Feminicide, Feminicide in Latin America, Feminicide in Brazil, Domestic violence, Sexual violence, Reproductive violence, Inequalities

Abstract

The article argues the need to analyze the violence and death of women looking for understand it within the complex framework of the policies of control the body and sexuality of woman. This approach has been especially produced by feminists through the characterization of the phenomenon called feminicide. The article analyzes and explains how the concept of feminicide has been modernized and amplified in the conceptual field and adjusted to Latin American national realities and law.

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Author Biography

  • Jackeline Aparecida Ferreira Romio, Universidade Estadual de Campinas

    Doutora em Demografia pela UNICAMP, em Tese de doutorado defendida em 2017, intitulada “Feminicídios no Brasil, uma proposta de análise com dados da saúde”. O artigo aqui apresentado toma como base o tópico “feminicídio sexual” da tese.

Published

2019-06-30

Issue

Section

Dossiê: "Gênero em perspectiva interseccional"

How to Cite

Romio, J. A. F. (2019). About feminicide, the woman’s right to name her experiences. Plural, 26(1), 79-102. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2176-8099.pcso.2019.159745