Femicide is the sexist violence against women because of a patriarchal system that believes in the inferiority of women themselves. It's a crime that discriminates. It is not just the murder of women, but the murder of women because they are women.
In 1995, Rosenthal was appointed by the Clinton Administration to serve as Midwest regional director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. She headed JCPA from August 2000 to 2005. In 2005, she was named one of the Forward 50, a list of the most influential Jews selected by The Forward newspaper.
Rosenthal is a member of the Rice University Board of Trustees and a member of the Duke University School of Law Board of Visitors. She is also an adjunct faculty at the University of Houston Law Center.