Gender-specific killings are the most common cause of premature death among women and are mainly the result of still deep-roted patriarchal patterns in society. In order for this type of murder to be a problem in society and to gain its recognition, they need to be given a proper name. In the Americas, the term femicide apperared as early as the late 70s of the last century. In Europe, and even less so in Slovenia, it has not yet become widely used. The fact is that the use of the term femicide will not save women's lives, but it will make a significant contribution to the visibility and sensitization of such gender-specific murders. The thesis consists of theoretical and empirical work. In the theoretical part, I first deal with violence against women and the issue of gender-specific murders. I continue with the definitions of femicide, the history and development of this term, and then introduce the types of femicides. In the following, I present the definitions of femicide in selected global organizations. In the central part of the thesis, I present the meaning of the use of the term femicide and its function in the activist-political sense. At the end of the theoretical part, I examine the legal definition of the term in other countries and in Slovenia. The empirical part of the task consists of an analysis of a questionnaire, the purpose of which was to ascertain the public opinion regarding the knowledge of the term femicide and its possible criminalization in Slovenia.
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