femicide
Americannoun
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the act of killing a woman, as by a domestic partner or a member of a criminal enterprise.
The rate of femicide where there is drug trafficking is far greater than it is elsewhere.
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the deliberate, wanton violation and massacre of women and girls, as in a particular ethnic group by an invading army.
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a person who kills a woman.
In certain countries, femicides appear to act with impunity.
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Italy will now join Cyprus, Malta and Croatia as EU member states that have introduced a legal definition of femicide in their criminal codes.
From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2025
Deputies in the Italian parliament have voted unanimously to introduce the crime of femicide – the murder of a woman, motivated by gender – as a distinct law to be punished with a life sentence.
From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2025
She believes the new definition of femicide is too vague and will prove difficult for judges to implement.
From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2025
The demonstrations railed against issues such as proposed tax rises, increasing femicide and corruption.
From BBC ● Nov. 19, 2025
Among the issues that Mexican women face are femicide, or women killed because of their gender, a gender employment gap and inadequate policies guaranteeing sexual and reproductive rights.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 3, 2024
While many are supportive, some worry that she is insufficiently committed to supporting feminist efforts to halt femicides.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2025
She said Italy's upper house was due to start voting on Wednesday on a bill that expands protection measures for women at risk, and announced a public awareness campaign against femicides.
From Reuters ● Nov. 20, 2023
In May 2021, Ruiz was working selling french fries in Nezahualcoyotl, one of the 11 municipalities in the Mexico State with an ongoing gender alert for femicides and another one for forced disappearances of women.
From Seattle Times ● May 17, 2023
While attending the University of Texas at Austin as an undergraduate, the Chicago- and Los Angeles-based playwright took a Chicana feminism course that delved into the femicides in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2022
BBC 100 Women spoke to three women who carry out detective work to identify femicides, and obtain justice for victims.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2022
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