Femicides in Medellin, 2010-2011: Conceptualization, characterization, and analysis

Women security is one of the main components of public security and coexistence policies incorporated in Medellin, Colombia. For this reason, debates have arisen around the utilization of the femicide concept in order to evidence those gender-based murders of women occurring due to the female condition while bearing in mind that violence acts suffered by women do indeed involve particular and disproportioned realities that differentiate them from violence suffered by men. With regard to the coverage of cases affecting public security of women in Medellin, the authorities are strongly required to acknowledge and understand this undeniable reality and institute the femicide concept in order to act accordingly.