Project report
Lethal Love: Femicide in Vietnam, An Analysis of Media Reports 2018-2024
Pauline Oosterhoff, Tu-Anh Hoang ·
Summary
Written by AI, not yet AICS's view · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001This is a media analysis of femicide cases in Vietnam from 2018-2024, part of a broader artistic and documentary project on intimate partner femicide. The report aims to improve femicide reporting and raise awareness about gender-based violence in Vietnam. While it addresses violence against women and girls, it focuses on adult women rather than children as the primary subjects of analysis.
Key points
- The study documents femicide cases through analysis of media reports over a 6-year period
- The work is part of a multiyear programme combining art, documentary, and research approaches
- Findings indicate femicide is systemic rather than isolated, occurring in both rural and urban contexts
- The project aims to inspire action to end intimate partner femicide in Vietnam
Limitations
The document is metadata and abstract only, providing insufficient detail on specific findings, methodology, sample size, or data analysis approaches. The analysis focuses primarily on adult femicide rather than child well-being outcomes or interventions affecting children.
Abstract
The media analysis of femicide presented in this working paper is part of the multiyear programme Lost Souls, White Bowls: Documenting Vietnamese Femicide through Art, Documentary, and Research. The project aims to improve the reporting of femicide and inspire reflection and action to end intimate partner femicide in Vietnam. Vietnam has a long record of leadership on gender equity and addressing gender-based violence. Our work builds on these efforts by providing evidence, a framework, and engagement opportunities on the most extreme form of gender-based violence, the murder of women and girls because of their gender. Our study shows that femicide exists in Vietnam, that these killings are not isolated incidents but part of systemic gender-based violence in rural and urban contexts.