Femicide in Latin America: A Growing Threat to Women's Security

By Isabelle Vladoiu

Femicide in Latin America: A Growing Threat to Women's Security explores the persistent and rising rates of femicide across sixteen Central and South American countries as a critical issue of national stability and regional security.

The book examines how cultural norms like machismo, organized crime, state-level patriarchy, and human trafficking create environments where women face increasing risk, supported by comprehensive data, case studies, and lived experiences. It features a Colombian case study documenting the first legal recognition of femicide as a weapon of war, demonstrating how conflict amplifies gender-based violence. By connecting femicide to broader security discussions, the work offers practical policy recommendations to address this escalating crisis.

Femicide in Latin America: A Growing Threat to Women's Security is essential reading for students, researchers, and policymakers in human rights, security studies, Latin American politics, feminist studies, gender studies, and international law.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1041088973
• ISBN13: 9781041088974
• Release Date: October 2025
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 116 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"