The parliament of the canton of Bern has voted to include feminicide as a separate category in its annual crime statistics.
The motion's signatories said that feminicide reflects violence rooted in society's patriarchal power structures.
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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.
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