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
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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The media usually get Black femicide wrong Another problem surrounding intimate partner homicide inflicts its harms after death.
—Sativa Banks, The Conversation, 4 June 2026
Reports of femicide in Argentina fell 12%, to 200 cases last year compared with 2024, according to statistics published by the Supreme Court.
—Isabel Debre, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026
De la Espriella also represented some high-profile victims, including Natalia Ponce de León, who was the target of an acid attack in 2014, and Rosa Elvira Cely, whose murder in 2012 generated national outrage and led to the creation of Colombia’s femicide laws.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 1 June 2026
Tima and Guerrier both said that often the assumption in cases of abuse and femicide is that the woman provoked the man.
—Miami Herald, 16 May 2026
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Sativa Banks, The Conversation, 4 June 2026
Reports of femicide in Argentina fell 12%, to 200 cases last year compared with 2024, according to statistics published by the Supreme Court.
—Isabel Debre, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026
De la Espriella also represented some high-profile victims, including Natalia Ponce de León, who was the target of an acid attack in 2014, and Rosa Elvira Cely, whose murder in 2012 generated national outrage and led to the creation of Colombia’s femicide laws.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 1 June 2026
Tima and Guerrier both said that often the assumption in cases of abuse and femicide is that the woman provoked the man.
—Miami Herald, 16 May 2026
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“Femicide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/femicide. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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