femicide
noun
fem·i·cide ˈfe-mə-ˌsīd 
plural femicides
: the gender-based murder of a woman or girl by a man
There have been calls for a "national shutdown" to protest femicide in South Africa. 
Africa Check
Africa Check… speaks to a generation of young people fed up with femicides, sexual assault, and the ever more pervasive violence in Mexico. Cody Copeland
Cody Copeland
Word History
Etymology
femi- (in Latin fēmina "woman") + -cide (after homicide) — more at feminine entry 1
First Known Use
1976, in the meaning defined above