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Posted on Tuesday July 24th, 2018 at 17h26
   Rita, Caroline, Nicole, Sabrina, Eleonore ... they are twenty, of any age, any social background. Their common point: to be dead under the blows of a relative, their husband, companion, or ex, since the beginning of the year 2018 in Belgium. These women have been victims of "feminicide", which the World Health Organization (WHO) describes since 2012 as "the murder of a woman" because she is a woman. This term gradually enters the mores ... and the penal codes. In Latin America (in Peru, Nicaragua ...), in Europe (Italy, Spain), it is now part of the legal arsenal to fight against violence against women. Objective of such a measure: to bring an aggravating circumstance to a simple homicide, and to dissuade men.

Police training

In Belgium, the co-president of Ecolos, Zakia Khattabi went to the front in March. It demands that "the specificity of feminicide be recognized", and that "police officers be trained to accompany reports of violence against women." In most cases, victims of feminicide are first and foremost victims of violence. servants. Neighbors are suspicious, friends are worried, the authorities are warned, but the perpetrators are still coming to an end.

Unlike other countries, Belgium does not formally count the number of women killed by their husbands, ex or partners. Only the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region voted a "resolution condemning feminicide" in June 2016. Until the legislation changes, associations take over. "Stop Femicide" lists the cases covered by the press in Belgium. We have compiled and detailed their data in an interactive map, to consult above.