Femicide Briefs
The Femicide Briefs are jointly published by UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and UN Women. Femicide, or feminicide, broadly defined as the intentional killing of women and girls because of their gender, is rising around the world. These briefs are produced to help raise awareness and public outcry against these killings. Much more needs to be done to prevent violence against women, stop its escalation, provide adequate services to survivors, and punish perpetrators.
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Femicides in 2023: Global Estimates of Intimate Partner/family Member Femicides
Author: United NationsPublication Date: December 2024More LessViolence against women and girls is the most pervasive human rights violation. The gender-related killings of women and girls (femicides/feminicides) are the most extreme form of violence against women and girls, and they are often the outcome of prior forms of violence perpetrated against them within their homes. With the aim of galvanizing global action against this crime, UNODC and UN Women are publishing this third joint publication with global estimates of gender-related killings of women and girls by an intimate partner or family member, with new data for 2023. The gender-related killings of women and girls are preventable, but available evidence shows that there has been too little progress. The context in which intimate partner violence can escalate into a killing has been widely studied, and the main risk factors that can be addressed to prevent femicides have been identified. This report highlights some regions and countries of the world that have recorded a slight decrease in the number of femicides, hence contributing to global knowledge of how to effectively prevent femicides. The report reveals that the number of countries reporting on femicides has decreased by 50 per cent in the past five years. And yet, it is only by ensuring that every victim is counted, that we can ensure that perpetrators are held to account and justice is served. And it is by improving understanding of all types of gender-related killings of women and girls, that we can strengthen prevention and improve responses.
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Gender-related Killings of Women and Girls (Femicide/feminicide): Global Estimates of Female Intimate Partner/family-related Homicides in 2022
Author: United NationsPublication Date: December 2023More LessViolence against women and girls is the most pervasive human rights violation. The gender-related killings of women and girls represent the lethal end point of a continuum of gender-based violence, and they usually follow prior experiences of physical, sexual, or emotional abuse. With the aim of galvanizing global action against this crime, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime and UN Women are publishing this second joint publication with global estimates of gender-related killings of women and girls by an intimate partner or family member, with data from 2022. This year recorded the highest yearly number of intentional killings of women and girls in the past two decades, and women and girls in all regions across the world are affected by this type of gender-based violence. Global data availability on gender-related killings is gradually increasing. However, significant data gaps remain to better understand gender-related killings of women and girls in the public sphere and against women at high risk, such as women politicians, women human rights defenders, and journalists. By ensuring that every victim is counted, we can ensure that perpetrators are held to account and justice is served. By improving understanding of all types of gender-related killings of women and girls, we can strengthen prevention and improve responses. This publication features policy recommendations to prevent gender-related killings, including through risk assessments and protective measures, the establishment of femicide observatories, the criminalization of femicide as specific offenses, or in-depth multisectoral reviews of deaths.
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Gender-related Killings of Women and Girls (Femicide/feminicide): Global Estimates of Gender-related Killings of Women and Girls in the Private Sphere in 2021 - Improving Data to Improve Responses
Author: United NationsPublication Date: December 2022More LessViolence against women and girls is the most pervasive human rights violation rooted in gender inequality and discrimination, unequal power relations, and harmful social norms. The gender-related killing of women and girls is the most brutal and extreme manifestation of such violence. With the aim of galvanizing global action against this all-too-pervasive crime, UNODC and UN Women have joined forces to produce this research paper on the global estimates of gender-related killings of women and girls in the private sphere in 2021. The available evidence shows that there has been too little progress in preventing gender-related killings of women and girls. Concerted, urgent action is needed, to improve the knowledge base and strengthen responses to gender-related killings and other forms of gender-based violence against women and girls. By ensuring that every victim is counted, we can ensure that perpetrators are held to account and justice is served. By improving understanding of all types of gender-related killings of women and girls, we can strengthen prevention and improve responses. This paper features policy recommendations to support comprehensive and multisectoral approaches to prevent and address gender-related killings and other forms of gender-based violence against women and girls. Gender-related killings and other forms of violence against women and girls are not inevitable. They can and must be prevented, through early intervention and multi-stakeholder and multisectoral partnerships—including the partnerships that helped to produce this research paper, which we hope will support more determined action against this crime.
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