The platform provides selected, high-quality information - the "must-knows" - on the issue of femicide: the gender related killings of women and girls. It addresses and better informs policy and decision-makers at all levels, actors from the criminal justice system, practitioners, civil society activists, academics, and individuals concerned with this horrible phenomenon. It is based on and the result of the work of the former ACUNS Vienna Liaison Office's Femicide Team.
A prototype of this Knowledge Platform was presented and launched in May 2017 on occasion of the 26th session of the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice. An upgraded platform version was launched one year later, in May 2018; followed by a even more professional version in Drupal 9 in 2020. It now provides / will provide:
- key information on the issue of femicide (core definitions, facts and figures, official data and statistics)
- recommendations issued by relevant stakeholders
- landmark documents issued by key partners/major players (e.g. legislations, guidelines, policies, etc.)
- an interactive knowledge base of good practices in multiple areas (e.g. data collection)
- individual case dossiers and timelines
- a future GeoMap to layer and visualize relevant data
- direct access to experts and practitioners from around the world and across disciplines.
Visit the platform at http://femicide-watch.org.