US EditionA Woman or Girl Killed Every 10 Minutes, UN Report Finds
Nearly 60% of the 83,000 women killed globally in 2024 were murdered by intimate partners or family members, with no reduction in femicide rates worldwide, the UN reports.
- On November 24, 2024, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and UN Women released a report showing around 83,000 women and girls were killed worldwide in 2024, with nearly 60% by intimate partners and family members, equating to one death every 10 minutes.
- Persistent gender inequality, harmful social norms, conflict and displacement, and economic insecurity drive rising femicide, while technology‑facilitated abuse like cyberstalking can escalate offline violence, Sarah Hendriks said.
- Regionally, Africa had the highest rate of family‑related femicide with 3 per 100,000 and around 22,600 victims last year; rates were 1.5 in the Americas, 1.4 in Oceania, 0.7 in Asia, and 0.5 in Europe.
- The report calls for `urgent, coordinated prevention` across six key prevention areas, and John Brandolino said `The 2025 femicide brief provides a stark reminder of the need for better prevention strategies and criminal justice responses to femicide`.
- The report cautions that data gaps likely undercount the true toll due to poor data collection and survivors' fear of reporting, releasing findings to mark the International Day and launch the 16 Days of Activism campaign.
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One Woman Or Girl Killed By Partner Or Family Member Almost Every 10 Minutes: UN Report
"Last year, 83,000 women and girls were killed intentionally. Of them, 60 per cent -- 50,000 women and girls , were killed at the hands of intimate partners or family members,\" the report said
The UN report reveals that Africa is the continent with the world's highest rate of femicide. In 2024, about 22,600 women and girls were killed in the region by partners or family members.
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