María Marcela Lagarde y de los Ríos (born 30 December 1948) is a Mexican academic, author, researcher, anthropologist, feminist activist and politician affiliated with the Party of the Democratic Revolution.

On March 8, 2017, the regional government of Castilla–La Mancha presented the II ‘Luisa de Medrano’ Prize to Marcela Lagarde at the Teatro Circo in Albacete, honoring her international advocacy for women's freedom and equality during the institutional ceremony.

Originally coined in the United States,[5] Diana Russell had defined the term in a 1992 book entitled "Femicide: The Politics of Woman Killing".

After three years of work, in 2006, the commission issued 14 volumes of their research to the legislature,[4] which adopted the term accepting that it points to the State's responsibility.

In 2009 the Inter-American Court of Human Rights issued a verdict against Mexico condemning the failure to protect hundreds of women in Ciudad Juarez, who were killed.

[citation needed] In many of her texts, Marcela Lagarde says that today women are acting like medieval creatures longing for a romantic love impossible to be found and with no critical reflection on their self-respect.