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Femicides in 2023
December 7 , 2024
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- The UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime) released the “Femicides in 2023: Global Estimates of Intimate Partner/Family Member Femicides report”.
- An estimated 85,000 women and girls were intentionally killed worldwide in 2023 alone.
- Every day, an average of 140 women and girls were killed by someone they trusted, amounting to one death every 10 minutes.
- The 2023 estimate is higher than the 48,800 victims reported in 2022.
- Africa recorded the highest number of victims, with an estimated 21,700 women and girls killed by intimate partners or family members in 2023.
- The continent also accounted for the highest rate of femicide relative to its population, at 2.9 victims per 100,000 people.
- The Americas and Oceania have followed, with rates of 1.6 and 1.5 per 100,000, respectively.
- Asia and Europe reported significantly lower rates, at 0.8 and 0.6 per 100,000.
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