The Women Killed on One Day Around the World
Извор: WUNRN – 29.11.2019
An average of 137 women across the world are killed by a partner or family member every day, according to new data released by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
November 25, 2019 – They say it makes “the home the most likely place for a woman to be killed”.
More than half of the 87,000 women killed in 2017 were reported as dying at the hands of those closest to them.
Of that figure, approximately 30,000 women were killed by an intimate partner and another 20,000 by a relative.
Male homicide rates still higher
The data collected by UNODC highlights that “men are around four times more likely than women to lose their lives as a result of intentional homicide”.
The UN indicates that men accounted for eight out of 10 homicide victims worldwide.
However, the same report suggests that more than eight out of 10 victims of homicides committed by intimate partners are female.
“Intimate partner violence continues to take a disproportionately heavy toll on women,” the report states.
