Gendercide
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Gendercide is the systematic killing of members of a specific gender. The term is related to the general concepts of assault and murder against victims due to their gender, with violence against women and men being problems dealt with by human rights efforts.
Gendercide shares similarities with the term 'genocide' in inflicting mass murders; however, gendercide targets solely one gender, being men or women. Politico-military frameworks have historically inflicted militant-governed divisions between femicide, and androcide; gender-selective policies increase violence on gendered populations due to their socioeconomic significance.
Gendercide is reported to be a rising problem in several countries. Census statistics report that in countries such as China, the male to female ratio is as high as 120 men for every 100 women. Gendercide also takes the forms of infanticide and lethal violence against a particular gender at any stage of life. The World Bank describes violence against girls and women as a “global pandemic.” One in three women experience gender-based violence in their lifetime. In research released in 2019, 38% of murdered women were killed by an intimate partner.
See also
- Female foeticide in India
- Female infanticide in China
- Gender disappointment
- Genocide
- Honor killing
- Missing women of Asia
- Witch-hunt
