US EditionAfrica: One Woman Killed By Someone Close Every 10 Minutes
The 2025 UN report reveals that 60% of 83,000 women killed globally in 2024 were by intimate partners or family, highlighting ongoing gaps in protection and response.
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Every 10 minutes a woman or girl is killed by a partner or family member, UN finds - The Mirror
The United Nations has released a report on femicide showing that one woman or girl is killed by a partner or family member almost every 10 minutes, with rates refusing to fall.
NEW YORK. A UN report is alarming: Last year alone, about 83,000 women were deliberately killed.
The data collected by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) indicate that there have been 137 femicides per day, i.e., maintaining the constant rate already verified in previous years, without any positive developments. Of the total of 83 000 murders of women or girls last year, 60% were the author of partners of the same or members of his family, while only 11% of the homicides of men were executed by partners or partners or fami…
"Home continues to be the most dangerous place for women and girls in terms of the risk of homicide," deplores the UN report. A total of 60 per cent of femicides are committed by an intimate partner or a family member.
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