Every 10 minutes, a woman is killed by a lover or relative, alarming UN report shows
Every 10 minutes, a woman is killed by a lover or relative, alarming UN report shows
A United Nations report has revealed startling statistics about women being killed at the hands of their partners across the world. The shocking study states that a woman or girl dies at the hands of an intimate partner or close relative every 10 minutes. This translates to six every hour and 140 women every day losing their lives because of someone who was supposed to love them.
The UN Women and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) report in the past year alone, 51,000 women and girls were intentionally killed by an intimate partner or family member. \
The report, titled, Femicides in 2023: Global Estimates of Intimate Partner/Family Member Femicides, states that 85,000 cases of femicides were reported in 2023, of which two-thirds were at the hands of a partner or relative.
The highest number of these deaths happened in Africa where 21,700 women lost their lives. Asia was next with 18,500, the Americas with 8,300, and Europe reporting 2,300 deaths in 2023.
The tragic figures are not surprising, considering the number of cases of women suffering at the hands of men close to them that have been reported.(Agencies)