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.
The global legal practice of Norton Rose Fulbright has elected Linda L Addison as its US managing partner. Addison has been serving in this role since December 2013, when Kenneth L Stewart took a medical leave of absence from the position to deal with cardiovascular issues. Stewart recently returned full time to Norton Rose Fulbright in the new position of non-executive US chair. As a result of this election, Addison will remain as chair of the US Management Committee, the eighth person and first woman to hold this position.