About the project

The mission

The project is based on three pillars established by UN Women and EIGE:

Name it, count it, prevent it.

The mission of Femicide in Poland Project is to fill the gender data gap in Poland (the so called femicide gender data gap ) and to show the urgent need for legal changes in the field of violence against women prevention. The project also aims to create social awareness about the scale of femicides and build sensitivity to call these crimes by their names – femicides. Using good practices from other countries, we lobby for the typification of the crime of femicide – murder on the basis of gender – in the form of a legal national acts or binding international law.

Goals of the project

a

Database

Providing a publicly available and up-to-date database ( femicide database ) on the number of femicides committed in Poland by creating a virtual Polish Femicide Map from 2017 to the present

b

Identification

Identifying societal and state regulations, policies and responses (or lack of them) to femicide that maintain gender inequalities that facilitate the perpetration of femicide.

c

Reaction

Documenting societal and state responses to femicide that further marginalize certain groups of girls and women based on their diverse social identities

(e.g. indigenous origin, race, ethnicity, culture, age, gedner identity, religion, disability, poverty, geography, etc.)

d

Knowledge

Being a wide platform for the exchange of information, data and up-to-date knowledge that will help accelerate legislative, political changes in issues related to the prevention of femicides in Poland and Europe at local, regional and national levels. The project will provide a solid knowledge base for researchers, specialists, decision-makers, law enforcement agencies, media representatives and civil society.

e

Mapping

Monitoring emerging issues and trends in relation to femicide and violence against women.

f

Advocacy

Advocacy and formulation of amicus curiae opinions, expertise, expert comments on applicable regulations regarding VAW and femicide and changes in their scope in Poland and around the world.