Beyond Legislation: Preventing Femicide Through Integrated Policy Action (CSW70 Side Event).



This side event organized by the Permanent Mission of Belgium will bring together policymakers, Member States, experts, and civil society to explore approaches that go beyond legislation, including specialized tools such as femicide and gender-related homicide analyses through Domestic Homicide Review or Femicide Review Committees. By sharing experiences and comparing practices, the discussion aims to identify effective strategies to prevent and respond to femicides.

Femicide—the intentional killing of women and girls because of their gender—is a global issue and the most extreme form of gender-based violence. It is rooted in gender inequality, stereotypical gender roles, discrimination, and harmful social norms. Feminicide refers not only to the act of killing itself, but to a broader structural phenomenon in which gender-based violence, inequality, and systemic failures create conditions that allow such killings to occur. In 2024, an estimated 83,000 women and girls were killed worldwide, 60% of them by an intimate partner or family member. This underscores that the home often remains the most dangerous place for women and girls. Femicides are rarely sudden or random; they frequently represent the tragic culmination of prolonged patterns of violence and control. Femicides also occur outside the domestic context, including in organized crime or sexual exploitation.

Agenda:

Opening remarks (Minister Beenders, Federal Belgian Minister for Consumer Affairs, Social Fraud, Persons with Disabilities and Equal Opportunities - 3min)


Introduction of panelists by the Moderator (3 min) Dr. Maria-Andriani Kostopoulou, President of Grevio and Platform of Independent Expert Mechanisms on Discrimination and Violence against Women (EDVAW Platform)


Interactive Panel Discussion (40 min) Minister Natalia Plugaru, Minister of labour and social protection, Moldova Dr. James Rowlands, Durham University, Assistant Professor in Sociology Dr. Patsilí Toledo Vásquez, UN CEDAW Committee, co-chair of the Working Group on gender-based violence against women Ms. Leah Tandeter, Policy Specialist on Ending Violence Against Women, UN Women Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean


Open Q&A (20 min)


Closing remarks (Minister Beenders, Federal Belgian Minister for Consumer Affairs, Social Fraud, Persons with Disabilities and Equal Opportunities - 4 min).

Location: 405 E 45th St, New York, NY 10017, USA

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