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The "femicide" is triggered in males by feelings of sexual arousal.

REVIEW: Armageddons edited by Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois 2004

Third, therefore, the study has purposely omitted the violence, including femicide, which is routinely perpetrated against daughters and sisters in "occupied Palestine" and has, instead, chosen to focus only on husband-wife violence and only on couples who are currently married.

Comments for Red Alerts 2010

What struck me was Ensler talking about "femicide"; the systematic oppression and killing of women and she ddin't once refer to Islam.

Congratulations to Jane Fonda! Ann Althouse 2008

We listened in stunned silence as she implored faith communities and faith leaders to become involved to end what she has termed "femicide" in the Congo.

Archive 2008-11-01 Debra W. Haffner 2008

We listened in stunned silence as she implored faith communities and faith leaders to become involved to end what she has termed "femicide" in the Congo.

What's the Connection?: Please, please join the Congo Sabbath Initiative Debra W. Haffner 2008

"After 10 years, I can fundamentally say that there is a global pattern which I am now calling" femicide "that is systemically undermining, undoing and desecrating women."

Marianne Schnall: Jane Fonda, the Today Show and the "C-word" 2008

Hamm's screenplay goes some way towards bringing the story into the 21st century by having the protagonist explain his theory of an epidemiological root cause to a room full of Old White Men--generals, politicians, and other people interested in doing something, even if they don't comprehend the severity of the situation--whereas in the original story the epidemiological theory is dismissed and the UN's solution to the problem of 'femicide' is half-hearted at best.

"The Screwfly Solution" by James Tiptree Jr. Abigail Nussbaum 2006

Hamm's screenplay goes some way towards bringing the story into the 21st century by having the protagonist explain his theory of an epidemiological root cause to a room full of Old White Men--generals, politicians, and other people interested in doing something, even if they don't comprehend the severity of the situation--whereas in the original story the epidemiological theory is dismissed and the UN's solution to the problem of 'femicide' is half-hearted at best.

Archive 2006-12-01 Abigail Nussbaum 2006

And they show anti-pornography videos and talk about the 'femicide' of violence against women.

The Guardian World News Laurie Penny 2010

"In our region, the home is precisely where the most widespread and alarming forms of violence against women, adolescents and children - such as femicide, rape and domestic abuse - occur," the activist said.

IPS Inter Press Service José Adán Silva <editors@ipsnews.net> 2009

The census defines “femicide’” as “men’s fatal violence against women”, and reveals that, on average, a woman was murdered every three days – a horrifying statistic, unchanged over the decade.

‘If I’m not in on Friday, I might be dead’: chilling facts about UK femicide Yvonne Roberts 2021

France has one of the highest rates of femicide – generally defined here as the murder of a woman by a partner, ex-partner or family member – in Europe.

‘People didn’t listen’: Julie Douib’s killing sparks fight against femicide in France Kim Willsher 2021

Wilcox’s work is filling a gap in data on femicide, typically defined as the killing of women and girls because of their gender, said Jodie Roure, an expert on violence against women in the Americas.

The nurse tracking America's 'epidemic' of murdered women Dani Anguiano 2021

As in many other countries, this toxic brew perpetuates a low-level hostility towards women that causes discrimination, violence – and, at its most extreme, femicide: the killing of a woman because of her gender.

Burned, suffocated, beaten: why women in Lebanon are dying at the hands of their partners Lizzy Davies 2023

The OPS said it considers her death a femicide because "it occurred in the context of intimate partner violence, which is one of the many forms of misogynist killings."

Advocates say words matter when labelling recent death a femicide | CBC News 2023

The UN global estimates on femicide, defined as the gender-related killing of women and girls, showed an overall decrease on the 89,000 intentional deaths of women and girls in 2022, but an increase in numbers killed by intimate partners and family members.

Home is the most dangerous place for women, says global femicide report Annie Kelly 2024