According to data from United Nations Last year, 50,000 women and girls were murdered by their partners or family members. Almost every ten minutes a woman or girl is murdered by someone close to them. The UN Office on Drugs and Crime and the women’s organization UN Women made the announcement on Tuesday, coinciding with the International Day to End Violence against Women.
This number is based on information from 117 countries. On average, 137 women die every day due to violence from their partners or family members.
Based on information, a total of 83,000 women and girls will be murdered intentionally in 2024. In 60 percent of cases, a partner or family member was the perpetrator. In contrast, only eleven percent of male homicides were committed by intimate partners or family members.
This number is slightly lower than in 2023. However, according to the report, this does not represent an actual decline. The reason is more about differences in data availability. According to UN Women, available data on femicide, namely the killing of women based on gender, is limited.
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women falls on November 25 every year.
According to the Interior Ministry, 308 women and girls were murdered violently in Germany last year, 191 of them by partners, ex-partners or other family members. Although the number of murders decreased slightly, the number of sexual crimes, domestic violence, digital violence and human trafficking increased.
Killings of women are often part of a “continuum of violence,” said Sarah Hendriks, policy director at UN Women. Starting from control, threats and harassment, including online. Every woman and girl has the right to feel safe in all aspects of her life. States must do more to prevent killings and hold perpetrators accountable.
