Femicidio/Feminicidio: Una Salida Emergente de las Mujeres Frente a la Violencia Ejercida en Contra de Ellas

Femicide/femicide borns in the context of extreme violence against women as a concept that makes visible, and has been developed with the foundation of the feminist movements positioning them politically at the point which obtained the sanction and protection of international instruments, likewise in reason for the concern of the states for this phenomenon and its implications, Latin American countries have developed domestic legislations in the criminal field to avoid these behaviors, nonetheless Colombia has not been one of them and nowadays although it has implemented several standards in favor of the protection of women, it is in the debate and assimilation of the above mentioned concept.