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

Examples of femicide in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

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

Per Statista, South Africa has one of the highest rates of femicide and gender-based violence in the world. —Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 14 Oct. 2024

Word History

Etymology

femi- (in Latin fēmina "woman") + -cide (after homicide) — more at feminine entry 1

First Known Use

1976, in the meaning defined above