femicide

noun

fem·i·cide ˈfe-mə-ˌsīd

plural femicides

: the gender-based murder of a woman or girl by a man

There have been calls for a "national shutdown" to protest femicide in South Africa.—

Africa Check

… speaks to a generation of young people fed up with femicides, sexual assault, and the ever more pervasive violence in Mexico.—

Cody Copeland

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Mexicans recently elected their first woman president, Claudia Sheinbaum; at the same time, femicide in Mexico remains an urgent issue. —

Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024 The global rate of femicide has risen continuously over the past two decades, according to the United Nations. —

Linda Robinson, Foreign Affairs, 31 Oct. 2024 Violence against women and girls and femicide are a pandemic that requires comprehensive and proactive responses not seen to this day. —

Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2024 Rivera Garza attributes landmark laws like that, as well as Mexico’s establishment of an office specifically devoted to femicide in the general prosecutor’s office, to the feminist mobilization efforts led by younger generations of women. —

Meg Zukin, TIME, 12 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for femicide