TY - SER AU - Reis, Chen AU - Meyer, Sarah R. TI - Understudied and underaddressed : : femicide, an extreme form of violence against women and girls PY - 2024/// PB - PLoS KW - FEMICIDE KW - HOMICIDE KW - SEXUAL VIOLENCE KW - VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN KW - INTERNATIONAL N1 - PLoS Medicine, 2024, First published online, 18 January 2024 N2 - Little is known about the prevalence and dynamics of femicide, a persistent form of violence against women and girls, due to challenges associated with its documentation. Research by Abrahams and colleagues comparing rates of femicide in South Africa over 18 years, however, suggests that femicide is preventable. (Authors' abstract). Record #8640 UR - https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004336 ER -