Killings of women and girls by their intimate partner or other family members – Global estimates 2020

Killings of women and girls by their intimate partner or other family members – Global estimates 2020 UN Office on Drugs and Crime.

This brief presents latest estimates of gender-related killings of women and girls/ femicide perpetrated by intimate partners and other family members, including regional trends for the latest 10 years and includes a section on gender-related killings/ femicide in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. The analysis shown in the brief is based on data on intimate partner/ family-related killings collected from 95 countries worldwide, available at dataUNODC. A press release on the launch of the publication is available here.