85,000 Women and Girls Were Killed Intentionally in 2023

Published on: 27 November, 2024

Demonstrators hold signs with the names of victims of gender-based violence, during a protest to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, in Madrid, Spain. [Susana Vera/Reuters]

New report from UN Women and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) says that one woman is killed every 10 minutes by their intimate partners or other family members.

The report, fully titled Femicides in 2023: Global Estimates of Intimate Partner/Family Member Femicides, finds that globally, 85,000 women and girls were killed intentionally in 2023 and that 60 per cent of these homicides – 51,000 – were committed by intimate partners or other family members.