Presentation of the Statistical Framework for the Measurement of Femicide/Femicide at CLACSO’s Higher Diploma on the Measurement of Gender-Based Violence

On Wednesday, September 18, took place the seventh class of the Advanced Diploma in Measurement of Gender-Based Violence against Women and Femicide/Feminicide implemented by the Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO), the Division of Gender Affairs of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), with the support of UN Women and the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation for Development (AECID).

The main objective of this diploma is to provide participants with the necessary tools to understand the processes of measuring gender-based violence against women. This includes the analysis of surveys, administrative records and statistics produced by state agencies in Latin America, as well as the generation of data by civil society organizations. The diploma also seeks to promote regional comparability through monitoring mechanisms and the production of information.

For the seventh session, Teresa Guerra, from UN Women’s Global Center of Excellence in Gender Statistics (CEEG), and Adriana Oropeza, from UNODC-INEGI’s Center of Excellence for Statistical Information on Government, Public Security, Victimization and Justice, jointly presented the “Statistical Framework for the Measurement of Gender-related Homicides of Women and Girls (Femicide/Feminicide)”. During the session, they discussed the context of the measurement of this phenomenon in Latin America, the characteristics of the statistical framework, the data it generates and its application in various institutions. The broad participation of those who attended clarified doubts about the way in which countries can classify crimes such as instigated suicide or hate crimes based on the International Classification of Crimes for Statistical Purposes.

The class included practical exercises where participants reflected on the variables that the framework seeks to collect, as well as the challenges associated with collecting these data. The presentation also highlighted the importance of standardizing these processes to improve the quality and comparability of statistics on gender-related killings of women and girls in the region.