Note the report to the office United Nations Concerned with drugs And crime In Vienna and the United Nations For women In New York, “home remains the most dangerous place.” For women60 percent of the 85,000 people killed in 2023, i.e. an average of 140 every day or one every ten minutes, were victims of “their husbands or other members of their families.”
The report stated that this phenomenon “crosses borders and affects all social groups and age groups,” noting that the Caribbean, Central America and Africa are the most affected regions, followed by Asia.
In the continents of America and Europe, the majority of women’s murders are committed by their life partners, while in most cases in the rest of the world, their killers are members of their families.
Many of the victims reported their exposure before they were killed to physical violence Or sexual or psychological, according to data available in some countries.
The report found that “many murders could have been avoided,” for example through “injunctive measures and judicial orders.”
In areas where a trend can be identified, the rate of femicide has remained stable or decreased only slightly since 2010, indicating that this form of violence is “rooted in social practices and norms” and is difficult to eradicate, according to the UN office concerned. With drugs And Crime, which conducted an analysis of the figures obtained by the report from 107 countries.
Despite the efforts made in many countries, “the homicides of women remain at an alarming level,” according to the report.
However, a press statement quoted the Executive Director of UN Women, Sima Bahouth, as stressing that this reality is “not inevitable,” calling on countries to strengthen their legislative arsenal and improve the data collection process.
