Gender-related Killings of Women and Girls (Femicide/feminicide)
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Abstract
This is the second joint UNODC and UN Women global research report on the gender-related killings of women and girls. While overall homicide numbers globally have started to fall after a peak in 2021, the number of female homicides is not decreasing. Most of these killings of women and girls are gender-related, and more than half of all female homicides are committed by intimate partners or other family members. The risks of gender-based violence and femicide are only rising as our world is engulfed in conflict, humanitarian emergencies, environmental and economic crises and displacement. Global action is needed, most of all,’ to stop the violence from occurring in the first place.
Topics & Concepts
FemicideHomicidePolitical scienceCriminologyIntimate partnerGender violenceDisplacement (psychology)Armed conflictDomestic violencePsychologyGender studiesPoison controlSuicide preventionSociologyMedicineEnvironmental healthLawPsychotherapistHealth and Conflict StudiesTerrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political ViolenceIntimate Partner and Family Violence