TY  - BOOK
ED  - Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission 
TI  - Femicide: deaths resulting from gender-based violence in Aotearoa New Zealand Kōhuru Wahine: nā te ririhau ā-ira i te whenua o Aotearoa
SN  - 978-1-991122-27-8
PY  - 2025///
PB  - Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission, 
KW  - CHILD PROTECTION
KW  - CHILD WELFARE
KW  - CHILDREN
KW  - DATA ANALYSIS
KW  - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
KW  - FAMILY VIOLENCE
KW  - FEMICIDE
KW  - HANGARAU MŌHIOHIO
KW  - HAPŪ (WĀHINE)
KW  - HAUORA HINENGARO
KW  - HOMICIDE
KW  - INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
KW  - KŌTIRO
KW  - MĀORI
KW  - MĀMĀ
KW  - MATE WHAKAMOMORI
KW  - MENTAL HEALTH
KW  - MOTHERS
KW  - PREGNANCY
KW  - PAE PĀPĀHO PĀPORI
KW  - SOCIAL MEDIA
KW  - SUICIDE
KW  - TAIOHI
KW  - TAITAMARIKI
KW  - TAMARIKI
KW  - TATAURANGA
KW  - TECHNOLOGY-FACILITATED ABUSE
KW  - VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
KW  - WOMEN
KW  - YOUNG PEOPLE
KW  - YOUTH JUSTICE
KW  - NEW ZEALAND
N2  - 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
UR  - https://www.hqsc.govt.nz/assets/Our-work/Mortality-review-committee/FVDRC/Publications-resources/Femicide-Deaths-resulting-from-gender-based-violence-in-Aotearoa-New-Zealand.pdf
UR  - https://library.vine.org.nz/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=9295
UR  - https://www.hqsc.govt.nz/news/new-report-highlights-deaths-of-mothers-and-babies-due-to-family-violence/
UR  - https://www.vine.org.nz/news/femicide-deaths-resulting-from-gender-based-violence-in-aotearoa-new-zealand
ER  -