http://www.pri.org/stories/2015-03-12/brazil-passes-new-law-specifically-oulawing-female-homicide-femicide >The new law provides a legal definition for femicide — the killing of a woman by a man because of her gender — and proscribes mandatory jail sentences of 12 to 30 years. In addition, the law increases the jail time for crimes against pregnant women, girls under 14, women over 60 and people with disabilities.