Femicide : deaths resulting from gender-based violence in Aotearoa New Zealand Kōhuru Wahine: nā te ririhau ā-ira i te whenua o Aotearoa
Femicide : deaths resulting from gender-based violence in Aotearoa New Zealand Kōhuru Wahine: nā te ririhau ā-ira i te whenua o Aotearoa
Family Violence Death Review suject matter experts for National Mortality Review Committee, Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission
- Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission, 2025
- electronic document (77 pages) ; PDF file
TFamily violence death review (FVDR) was established as an ongoing programme of work
following the review and restructure of the national mortality review function in 2023.
Members of the previous Family Violence Death Review Committee (FVDRC) now form the
group of FVDR Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) that undertake family violence death review
on behalf of He Mutunga Kore | National Mortality Review Committee (the Committee).
This report, the ninth on deaths related to family violence, explores femicide within Aotearoa
New Zealand.
We examine the concept of femicide as described in the United Nations Office on Drugs and
Crime (UNODC) statistical framework for measuring femicide.5 We further explore deaths
associated with damage to women’s bodies. This includes the deaths of unborn babies
associated with violence exposure, and women and girls who die by suicide. In addition, we
highlight emergent issues, such as technology-facilitated violence, the impact of organised
crime on femicide, and human trafficking.
Femicide can be broadly defined as ‘the killing of women and girls because of their gender’. [6]
It is the most extreme manifestation of violence against women and girls and is a human
rights violation. [7]
In publishing this report, we aim to start a discussion about the impact of gender-based
violence against women and girls and the prevention and response strategies required.
We highlight the need to address the inequitable experiences of violence for particular
groups. These include wāhine Māori (Māori women) and kōtiro Māori (Māori girls), unborn
babies, older women, and those from disabled, ethnically diverse, takatāpui and rainbow
communities.
For details on m ethods, see Appendix 1. (From the Executive summary). Record #9294
978-1-991122-27-8
CHILD PROTECTION
CHILD WELFARE
CHILDREN
DATA ANALYSIS
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
FAMILY VIOLENCE
FEMICIDE
HANGARAU MŌHIOHIO
HAPŪ (WĀHINE)
HOMICIDE
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
PREGNANCY
PAE PĀPĀHO PĀPORI
SOCIAL MEDIA
SUICIDE
TAIOHI
TAITAMARIKI
TAMARIKI
TATAURANGA
TECHNOLOGY-FACILITATED ABUSE
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
WOMEN
YOUNG PEOPLE
YOUTH JUSTICE
NEW ZEALAND
TFamily violence death review (FVDR) was established as an ongoing programme of work
following the review and restructure of the national mortality review function in 2023.
Members of the previous Family Violence Death Review Committee (FVDRC) now form the
group of FVDR Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) that undertake family violence death review
on behalf of He Mutunga Kore | National Mortality Review Committee (the Committee).
This report, the ninth on deaths related to family violence, explores femicide within Aotearoa
New Zealand.
We examine the concept of femicide as described in the United Nations Office on Drugs and
Crime (UNODC) statistical framework for measuring femicide.5 We further explore deaths
associated with damage to women’s bodies. This includes the deaths of unborn babies
associated with violence exposure, and women and girls who die by suicide. In addition, we
highlight emergent issues, such as technology-facilitated violence, the impact of organised
crime on femicide, and human trafficking.
Femicide can be broadly defined as ‘the killing of women and girls because of their gender’. [6]
It is the most extreme manifestation of violence against women and girls and is a human
rights violation. [7]
In publishing this report, we aim to start a discussion about the impact of gender-based
violence against women and girls and the prevention and response strategies required.
We highlight the need to address the inequitable experiences of violence for particular
groups. These include wāhine Māori (Māori women) and kōtiro Māori (Māori girls), unborn
babies, older women, and those from disabled, ethnically diverse, takatāpui and rainbow
communities.
For details on m ethods, see Appendix 1. (From the Executive summary). Record #9294
978-1-991122-27-8
CHILD PROTECTION
CHILD WELFARE
CHILDREN
DATA ANALYSIS
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
FAMILY VIOLENCE
FEMICIDE
HANGARAU MŌHIOHIO
HAPŪ (WĀHINE)
HOMICIDE
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
PREGNANCY
PAE PĀPĀHO PĀPORI
SOCIAL MEDIA
SUICIDE
TAIOHI
TAITAMARIKI
TAMARIKI
TATAURANGA
TECHNOLOGY-FACILITATED ABUSE
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
WOMEN
YOUNG PEOPLE
YOUTH JUSTICE
NEW ZEALAND