Tag: femicide
Femicide ; A Woman Killed Every 10 Minutes
Every 10 minutes in 2024, a woman was intentionally killed by a partner or family member, showing a grim upward trend, according...
Global Femicide Crisis: Alarming Rise in Gender-Related Killings
Nearly 89,000 women and girls were intentionally killed (femicide) in 2022, marking the highest yearly number in the past two decades. This alarming figure comes despite an overall drop in homicides, said a new research brief from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and UN Women.
