femicide
Sign in to savethumb|250px|Declaration of the enactment of the law against femicide in Chile, 2010
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Femicide is the deliberate killing of women, typically because of their gender, and Chile formally recognized it as a distinct crime in 2010. It matters because treating these killings as a separate category helps societies acknowledge and address the particular dangers women face and can lead to stronger legal protections and prevention efforts.
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- History
- Development of the term
- Contemporary definition by feminists
- From femicide to feminicide
- Other definitions
- Causes
- Among intimate partners
- Gun violence
- Racially motivated
- Sexually motivated (lesbophobic)
- Corrective rape
- Transfemicide
- Tendency in serial killings
- Female infanticide and geronticide
- Worldwide
- Africa
- Burundi
- Kenya
- South Africa
- Asia
- China
- India
- Iran
- Nepal
- South Korea
- Turkey
- Australia
- Europe
- France
- Germany
- Italy
- Ireland
- Spain
- Switzerland
- United Kingdom
- Lithuania
- Latin America
- Brazil
- Colombia
- El Salvador
- Guatemala
- Mexico
- North America
- United States
- Canada
- United Nations
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
- Statistics
- Prevention
- Raising awareness
- Training officials
- Legal solutions
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|250px|Declaration of the enactment of the law against femicide in Chile, 2010
Femicide or feminicide is the intentional murder that exclusively targets women or girls because of their gender or murder that disproportionately targets women or girls. It is often done as a method to control. According to UN's estimates, the interval within femicides of women and girls by their family members, partners or non-intimate individuals globally is every 10 minutes. Causes of femicide include bigotry, jealousy, revenge, male entitlement, gender bias, harmful gender roles, gender stereotypes, cultural phenomenons such as so-called "honor killings" or female genital mutilation (particularly Type 3), as well as coercive control, stopping a pregnancy, social beliefs such as sati, and masculine hegemony that perpetuates the unequal power between men and women.