Femicide as a form of gender based violence

Ovaj rad ima dva cilja, a to su – 1. napraviti pregled dostupne relevantne i novije literature koja se tiče rodno uvjetovanog nasilja i femicida kao njegova najekstremnijeg oblika i 2. istražiti na koji način socijalne radnice i socijalni radnici mogu prevenirati rodno uvjetovano nasilje i femicid. Pojašnjena je važnost CEDAW Konvencije te Istanbulske konvencije, definirani su pojmovi i razmjeri rodno uvjetovanog nasilja i femicida. Dalje, opisana je uloga koju ima GREVIO, kao i utjecaj pandemije virusa COVID-19, rizični čimbenici za femicid te uloga socijalnog rada u kontekstu rodno uvjetovanog nasilja i femicida.This paper has two aims: 1. to make an overview of available relevant and newer literature concerning gender-based violence and femicide as its most extreme form and 2. to explore in what way can social workers prevent gender-based violence and femicide. The importance of the CEDAW Convention and the Istanbul Convention is clarified and the definitions and the extent of gender-based violence and femicide. Later, the role of the GREVIO is described, as well as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, risk factors for femicide and the role of social work in the context of genderbased violence and femicide