Home is a deadly place for many women and girls
More than five women or girls were killed every hour in 2021 by someone in their own family, a UN report has revealed.
“Behind every femicide statistic is the story of an individual woman or girl who has been failed. These deaths are preventable – the tools and the knowledge to do so already exist,” said Sima Bahous, Executive Director at UN Women. What is femicide? Femicide is generally defined as the murder of women because they are female, though some definitions include any murders of women or girls.
Gender-related killings, as well as other forms of violence against women and girls, are not inevitable, the report stressed.
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