femicide
Americannoun
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femicides
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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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In November, the Italian Parliament unanimously passed a law that defines the crime of femicide and makes it punishable with a life sentence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
The Mexican sexagenarian Teresa Margolles does just that across a body of work that focuses on violence, femicide, migration and border issues.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
"Every day that femicide remains unrecognised as a crime is a failure to confront the targeted killing of women," said Amnesty's country director Shenilla Mohamed in a statement.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
However, Viviane Tathi, whose organisation documents cases of femicide in the country, told the BBC she was not sure that the bill would be passed at the session.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
She was part of an expert commission that examined 211 recent murders of women for common characteristics, then drafted the femicide law.
From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2025
While many are supportive, some worry that she is insufficiently committed to supporting feminist efforts to halt femicides.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2025
In December, hundreds of women protesting against a recent wave of femicides took to the streets of the capital, Nairobi.
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2025
Hundreds of women marched through Honduras' largest cities of Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula on Wednesday with demands ranging from expanded reproductive rights to ending femicides, or the killing of women due to their gender.
From Reuters ● Mar. 9, 2023
Recently, though, he has spoken more about femicides, including the comments at daily news conferences.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 27, 2022
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
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