The recent release of Oscar Pistorius has put the issue of femicide back under the spotlight.
Found guilty of homicide, but not murder, the lenient sentence sent shockwaves through South Africa and the globe.
Many comparisons have been made to the O.J Simpson case. The former professional football star and actor was tried on two counts of murder after the deaths of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and waiter Ronald Lyle Goldman. Simpson was acquitted after a trial that lasted more than eight months.