Global 16 Days: Femi(ni)cide in Focus Panel Series: Femi(ni)cide and Reproductive Justice

These panels explore the intersecting phenomena of femicide, the deliberate killing of women and girls due to social perceptions of their gender, and feminicide, how the actions and inactions of nation-states facilitate that violence. Femi(ni)cide is driven by the devaluation of women and girls in societies globally that subjects them to a wide range of gender-based violence (GBV).

Those experiences of GBV are further compounded by the multiple, intersecting forms of discrimination women and girls experience due to other identities they assume related to their sexual orientation, class, caste, religious affiliation, ethnicity, etc., within their families, communities, nation-states, and the global community. Collectively, this devaluation renders women and girls vulnerable to a wide range of gender-based human rights violations—most commonly rooted in intimate partner relationships—that so undermine their human security that they are vulnerable to immediate or early death. Given the frequency with which femi(ni)cide occurs every day on a global scale, UN Women has labeled this violence as “the most brutal and extreme manifestation of violence against women and girls."

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PANEL 2
October 29: Femi(ni)cide and Reproductive Justice

This panel examines femi(ni)cide through the lens of reproductive justice in multiple contexts with a special focus on the United States given the upcoming presidential election. Experts explore how the devaluation of women and girls globally severely undermines their access to reproductive rights and health, including to bodily autonomy and bodily integrity, in both everyday life and crisis situations, such as conflict. 

In this panel, experts examine how the inability of women and girls to access their reproductive and health rights—in addition to numerous other inter-related human rights—subjects them to extreme forms of gender-based violence, such as unsafe abortions, which make them vulnerable to immediate or early death. 

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