In an EU comparison, more murders of women than of men were documented in Austria between 2016 and 2018. A 2018 survey recorded that 82,5% of women were murdered by an intimate partner or family member. Thus, gender based violence is still a major problem in Austrian society.

The activist and social scientist Marcela Torres Heredia is part of the feminist network „Claim the Space“ and the authors’ collective Biwi Kefempom, which published the book „Femi(ni)zide: Kollektiv patriarchale Gewalt bekämpfen“ (translation in English: Femi(ni)cides: Collectively Fighting Patriarchal Violence). In this Global Space, she will address key concepts in the study of femi(ni)cides and explain their structural and intersectional relationships to violence. In doing so, she will refer to historical and transnational debates, forms of protest and remembrance and explore the possibilities of collective, solidary fights against patriarchal violence.

Date: Monday, 02 December 2024, 13:15-14:45
Venue: HS 388, Rudolfskai 42, 1st floor, 5020 Salzburg, the lecture will be streamed online
Webinar link:  https://shorturl.at/kQ7p0

Speaker: Marcela Torres Heredia (Bogotá/Vienna) PhD student and scholarship holder of the Austrian Academy of Sciences at the Institute of Cultural and Social Anthropology, University of Vienna, board member of Frauen*solidarität and activist.

Language: English

A joint event by the Afro-Asian Institute Salzburg and the Gender Lecture and Performance Series, and Gender Perspectives on Austrian Politics, Conversatorium by Ermela Gianna, at the Department of Political Science, University of Salzburg. In cooperation with Frauenrat Salzburg and Referat für feministische Politik ÖH Uni Salzburg.