Three Women a Day

Why doesn’t the U.S. talk about femicide?

A mural of Army Specialist Vanessa Guillén being painted on 14th Street NW in Washington in July. AP Photo by Carolyn Kaster from story in Army Times.

I first heard the term “femicide” a year ago when Morgan Babbs submitted a story on marches against it in Mexico City to Fourth Wave. Distinct from homicide, it calls out when women are killed simply because they are women. “Wow,” I thought. “It must be hard to be a woman in Mexico!”