Basic Background
Causes of Femicide
Types of Femicide
Organizations/Help
Statistics
100
These are three causes of femicide.
What are gender inequality, discrimination, and economic disempowerment?
100
When religions do not see femicide as a crime, which leads to impunity.
What is religious tradition?
100
When a woman is murdered due to conflict about dowry.
What is dowry-related femicide?
100
__ countries in Latin America have succeeded in passing laws against femicide.
What is "8"?
100
An NYC study reported that ___ of femicide victims were Latina.
What is 1/4
200
True or False: Femicide is more likely committed by an intimate family member.
What is true?
200
When families have a firm tradition of dominance over women.
What are family structures?
200
When femicide is committed by someone who is a close family member.
What is intimate femicide?
200
These are three organizations committed to working against femicide.
What are: Amnesty International, The World Health Organization, United Nations, and Small Arms Survey
200
An average of __ women are murdered each day in Guatemala.
What is "2"?
300
The killing of females by males because they are female.
What is femicide?
300
When men act superior to women because of an unequal distribution of wealth or power.
What is gender inequality?
300
When femicide is committed by someone who is a stranger or distant acquaintance.
What is non-intimate femicide?
300
Whether we will ever know the true numbers of women who have been murdered
What is "NO"? (there are no official records!)
300
___% of the violence and murders reported against women in Chihuahua, Mexico are done by husbands, boyfriends, or other family members (you receive credit as long as you are within 5% of the actual percentage)
What is 66%?
400
Femicide includes the killing of women, ______, and ______.
What are infants and children?
400
When men enforce superiority through violence.
What is discrimination?
400
A murder committed because a women is assumed sexual or behavioural transgression
What is an honor killing
400
True/False: These organizations are limited to Latin America
What is false? (these organizations span countries all over the world, and are working to eradicate femicide globally)
400
There are an estimated ____ honor killings each year.
What is "5,000"?
500
These are three types of femicide.
What are: stoning to death of females, murders of females for "honor," rape murder, murder of women by their partners, wife killing because of dowry, death due to genital mutilation, murders by traffickers, and females killed by misogynistic individuals or groups.
500
When women do not receive equal social or economic rights as men.
What is social and economic framework?
500
Free point if you can tell us ONE recent event (must include the date and location!)
(answers may vary)
500
One way we can prevent femicide
What is being able to recognize signs of domestic violence. (Living in the States, we are fortunate enough to not be surrounded by countless cases of femicide. However, there are still some accounts of femicide here and there. These are often followed by a period of domestic abuse. Domestic violence is often a leading cause of femicide, and it is important to stop the injustice before it goes even further)
500
___% of femicide victims are unemployed. (an answer is considered correct if it is 5% within actuality)
What is 51%?
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