Violence against women and girls
The number of femicides is higher than it has been in 20 years
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According to the UN, around 89,000 women and girls were murdered worldwide last year. In more than half of the cases, the perpetrator was the partner or a family member. The number of victims is higher than it has been for 20 years.
The numbers are alarming: last year, almost 89,000 women and girls were intentionally killed worldwide. Loud According to a report by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and UN Women, the number is higher than it has been in 20 years – the number of unreported cases is even higher.
Women and girls are particularly victims of domestic violence
Statistically speaking, pro hour in Germany 13 women experienced violence within their own four walls. A woman is dangerously injured every 45 minutes. Worldwide, more than half of all murders – 48,000 in total – occur against women or girls attributed to family members or partners (55 percent). On average, 133 women or girls die every day at the hands of people close to them. The number of unreported cases is much higher. Because, writes the Tagesschau, in four out of ten homicides of women there is insufficient information about gender-specific motives.
Most women killed in Africa
For the first time since the report was published, Africa is estimated to have overtaken Asia as the region with the highest number of victims killed by partners or family members. But North America has also seen a 29 percent increase in femicides in the last five years. This could also be due to the now better logging of these cases. In Europe, on the other hand, there has been a decline of 21 percent since 2010.
Men are significantly more likely to be murder victims
Overall, women make up 20 percent of all murder victims worldwide. According to this, men and boys are four times more likely to be killed violently. Compared to women and girls, only twelve percent of homicides against men are committed at home.