NEW YORK: More than five women or girls were killed every hour on average by someone in their own family in 2021, according to a new UN report on femicide.
The report by the UN Office on Drugs and Crimes and UN Women comes ahead of International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on Nov 25, according to Anadolu Agency.
Around 45,000 women and girls, 56 per cent of the 81,000 intentionally killed worldwide last year, were murdered by intimate partners or other family members, the report said, indicating that home is not a safe place for many women and girls.
The figures show that in the past decade, the overall number of female homicides has remained largely unchanged.
"Behind every femicide statistic is the story of an individual woman or girl who has been failed. These deaths are preventable," it reported UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous said.
Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crimes, Ghada Waly, said no woman or girl should fear for her life because of who she happens to be.
"To stop all forms of gender-related killings of women and girls, we need to count every victim, everywhere, and improve understanding of the risks and drivers of femicide so we can design better and more effective prevention and criminal justice responses."
Asia recorded the largest number of gender-related killings with 17,800 deaths in 2021, according to the report.
However, women and girls were more at risk of being killed by intimate partners or other family members in Africa.
The rate of gender-related killings in the home was estimated at 2.5 per 100,000 of the female population in Africa, compared with 1.4 in the Americas, 1.2 in Oceania, 0.8 in Asia and 0.6 in Europe.
-- BERNAMA
Bernama
Thu Nov 24 2022
More than five women or girls were killed every hour on average by someone in their own family in 2021, according to a new UN report on femicide. - REUTERS/Filepic
Anwar bertemu PM Qatar, zahirkan kesediaan Malaysia beri rawatan kepada rakyat Palestin
Perkara itu dimaklumkan oleh Anwar kepada Perdana Menteri Qatar Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani pada pertemuan dua hala.
Lelaki ditahan bantu siasatan kematian pemuda Orang Asli
Suspek berusia 38 tahun itu telah memandu kenderaan dan membawa mangsa yang didakwa terkena peluru sesat ke Balai Polis Sungai Koyan.
Tourism Johor akan dikorporatkan tahun ini - Onn Hafiz
Kerajaan negeri akan mengkorporatkan Tourism Johor pada tahun ini dalam usaha untuk memperkasakan agensi berkenaan, kata Menteri Besar Johor Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi.
Skuad Piala Uber Malaysia pulang awal
Kemenangan tersebut menyaksikan Thailand melangkah ke suku akhir selepas mengalahkan Australia dengan keputusan sama.
Mesyuarat Khas WEF: Seruan adaptasi teknologi untuk PKS harus guna bahasa mudah
Syarikat besar mempunyai kelebihan kepakaran dan sumber yang boleh digunakan untuk membantu PKS turut sama menyertai adaptasi teknologi.
Anwar bertemu PM Pakistan dan Menteri Luar Turkiye
Kedua-dua pemimpin menyatakan komitmen untuk terus memperkukuh hubungan Putrajaya-Islamabad dan melonjakkan lagi perdagangan dua hala.
Patuhi standard pelancongan ASEAN, tarik lebih ramai pelancong - Tiong
Tiong berkata ada kecenderungan pelancong asing tidak menggunakan perkhidmatan ejen pelancongan berdaftar disebabkan kualiti yang lemah.
Nur Shazrin mungkin 'lupakan' Paris 2024
Beliau mungkin tidak akan bersama kontinjen negara sekiranya tiada 'lampu hijau' berikutan tiga jarinya tidak dapat digunakan dengan baik.
Asia Pasifik kini dalam era 'gemilang' transformasi digital - Huawei
Sabrina Meng berkata, rantau Asia Pasifik turut menjadi ikutan pihak lain yang giat berusaha meningkatkan ekonomi digital mereka.
KPWKM ambil tindakan kepada lebih 500 taska tidak berdaftar
Antara tindakan diambil ialah sita, denda dan kompaun, serta pemberian notis peringatan kepada operator taska.