Shalva Weil

Anthropologist & Author

Shalva Weil, D.Phil FRHistS is Senior Researcher at the Seymour Fox School of Education at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. She has published over 150 articles in scientific journals, edited several books, including the book Femicide across Europe, (Bristol University Press, 2018) and her latest edited volume Femicide in War and Peace (Routledge, 2023).

In 2020, she established the Israel Observatory on Femicide (www.israelfemicide.org), which is active in an advocacy and academic role.

From 2013-2017, Prof. Weil served as Chair of the COST Action IS1206 on Femicide Across Europe, heading a Management Committee of 80 people representing 30 countries, which signed a Memorandum of Understanding to combat femicide in Europe.

During 2015-16, she addressed the Parliaments of Portugal, Aragon (Spain) and Rome on femicide, and was invited by ACUNS to three UN meetings on gender-related killings of women and girls in Bangkok, New York and Vienna. She has since published scientific articles on female geronticide, femicide in Israel, femicide during covid-19, and femicide observatories.