GBV AND FEMICIDE. A LITERATURE REVIEW

Abstract

Femicide is the deliberate killing of women and girls because of their gender, frequently by intimate partners or family members, whereas gender-based violence (GBV) refers to harmful acts directed at individuals because of their gender. The purpose of this study is to critically assess the prevalence, causes, effects, and efficacy of current GBV and femicide intervention strategies. Thematic analysis served as the basis for a conventional literature review methodology. Three chapters and eighty journal articles, mostly from 2015 to 2026, were examined. Studies that addressed GBV and femicide in English were the focus of the inclusion criteria; non-English publications and studies that solely addressed workplace bullying or unrelated violence were not. Google Scholar, ResearchGate, EBSCOhost, JSTOR, PubMed, and Sabinet were among the scholarly databases consulted. Thematic findings included the normalization of violence, socioeconomic dependence, psychological and societal effects, gender inequality and patriarchal norms, and gaps in interventions. The study concludes that in order to lower GBV and femicide, more robust law enforcement, economic empowerment, and social transformation are crucial.