Understudied and underaddressed: Femicide, an extreme form of violence against women and girls.

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Institute for Medical Information Processing, Biometry and Epidemiology (IBE), Ludwig-Maximilians University-Munich, Munich, Germany.

Published: January 2024

Little is known about the prevalence and dynamics of femicide, a persistent form of violence against women and girls, due to challenges associated with its documentation. Research by Abrahams and colleagues comparing rates of femicide in South Africa over 18 years, however, suggests that femicide is preventable.

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