Counting Feminicide: Data Feminism in Action

by Catherine D'Ignazio

Why grassroots data activists in Latin America count feminicide--and how this vital social justice work challenges mainstream data science.

What isn't counted doesn't count. And mainstream institutions systematically fail to account for feminicide, the gender-related killing of women and girls, including cisgender and transgender women. Against this failure, Counting Feminicide brings to the fore the work of data activists across...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262048876
• ISBN13: 9780262048873
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.2" x 9.1"