Bern Parliament Approves Naming Feminicide In Crime Data

2026-06-04 04:06:24

(MENAFN- Swissinfo) The parliament of the canton of Bern has voted to include feminicide as a separate category in its annual crime statistics. Currently, no institution in Switzerland systematically documents this type of crime. Select your language

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Français fr Le Parlement bernois prêt à appeler les féminicides par leur nom Original Read more: Le Parlement bernois prêt à appeler les féminicides par leu

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On Wednesday evening, the Bernese parliament adopted in a 117-30 vote a motion put forward by Green Party member Manuel C. Widmer, which points out that violence against women is often seen as a private matter.

The motion's signatories, which included members of centre-right Radical-Liberals and the left-wing Social Democrats, among others, defined feminicide as the killing of women or girls in the context of patriarchal gender differences. For some members of the right-wing Swiss People's Party, however, the term feminicide is a militant political concept that has no place in official statistics.
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