[Femicide Across Europe COST Action, a transnational cooperation network for the study of and approach to femicide in Europe].
Femicide or the murder of women because of their gender is a recognised public health problem as well as a serious violation of human rights. Its magnitude worldwide is still unknown, given the methodological difficulties to differentiate these murders from other female homicides. The European Union programme entitled «European Cooperation in Science and Technology» (COST) launched the «Femicide across Europe» COST Action in 2013, establishing an optimal European framework for transnational cooperation among experts addressing great social and public health challenges such as femicide. This field note describes the main objectives, the participating groups of experts and the mid-term results of this experience.
Escuela Nacional de Sanidad, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, España; CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), España. Electronic address: bsanz@isciii.es.
Belén
B
Sanz-Barbero
CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), España; Sección Departamental de Enfermería, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, España.
Laura
L
Otero-García
Departamento de Psicología y Sociología, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y del Trabajo, GESES, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, España.
Santiago
S
Boira
Departamento de Psicología y Sociología, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y del Trabajo, GESES, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, España.
Chaime
C
Marcuello
CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), España; Departamento de Enfermería Comunitaria, Medicina Preventiva, Salud Pública e Historia de la Ciencia, Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, España.
Carmen
C
Vives Cases
D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D006708:Homicide / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D011634:Public Health
Europa; Europe; Homicide; Homicidio; Violence against women; Violencia contra la mujer