AKIPRESS.COM - 85,000 women and girls were intentionally killed worldwide in 2023, according to the report Femicide 2023: Global estimates of intimate partner/family member femicide released by UN Women and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

60 percent of these killings – 51,000 – were committed by intimate partners or other family members. 140 women and girls die every day at the hands of their partner or a close relative, which means one woman or girl is killed every 10 minutes.

In 2023, Africa recorded the highest rates of intimate partner and family-related femicide, followed by the Americas and then by Oceania. In Europe and the Americas, most women killed in the domestic sphere (64 per cent and 58 per cent, respectively) were victims of intimate partners, while elsewhere, family members were the primary perpetrators.

As part of the 16 Days of Activism campaign, UN Women will call for renewed commitment, accountability and action from decision-makers.