Two U.N. agencies say an average of 140 women and girls were killed by an intimate partner or family member per day last year

Summary

A U.N. report shows that 140 women and girls were killed daily by intimate partners or family members in 2023, totaling 51,100 victims, an increase of 2,300 from 2022.

The rise reflects improved data collection rather than an increase in violence.

The highest rates were in Africa, with 2.9 victims per 100,000 people.

Despite global prevention efforts, these killings, often the result of ongoing gender-based violence, persist at alarming levels.

The report emphasizes the preventability of such violence through timely and effective interventions.

  • NostraDavid@programming.devEnglish
    23·
    8 days ago

    Domestic violence is a huge issue, and women are more likely to suffer from it!

    Yes and yes.

    and scientifically literate readers won’t dismiss your credibility along with your cause.

    No. If you care about women’s lives, you’ll focus on cancer instead.

    Homocide per 100k capita of women (summed the separate numbers on page 9, worldwide): 7.4

    Deaths per 100k capita of women just in the USA (listed under “Sex and Race/Ethnicity”): 126

    Here’s your headline: Women are 1602.70% more likely to die of cancer, than of homicide at home!!!

    Now… Homicide bad. very bad. Homicide very bad (self-defence does obviously not count). But compared to some other numbers that are also bad, maybe homicide relatively not that bad.

    • hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      2·
      8 days ago

      The thing is, cancer is not a systemic issue. Very few cultures have millenia old excuses to justify (specifically) women dying of cancer.