Overview
- A total of about 83,000 women and girls were intentionally killed in 2024, with roughly 60% of victims slain by a partner or relative compared with 11% of male homicide victims.
- Officials say the home remains the most dangerous place for many women and girls, and caution that limited, inconsistent reporting likely understates the true scale.
- Regional rates of intimate-partner or family femicide were highest in Africa (about 3 per 100,000 women), followed by the Americas (1.5), Oceania (1.4), Asia (0.7) and Europe (0.5).
- UN Women and UNODC urge stronger laws, survivor‑centered services, better data systems and firearm controls, noting that technology‑facilitated abuse can escalate to lethal harm.
- In Israel, researchers report 44 women killed from January 1 to November 18, including 32 femicides, with rising firearm use and stark policing gaps such as 46% of Arab women’s murder cases unsolved versus 9% for Jewish women.