The most recent report by UN Women and UNODC found that 85,000 women and girls were killed intentionally by men in 2023, with 60% of these deaths committed by someone close to the victim, be it intimate partners or family members. The report also shows that 140 women and girls die every day at the hands […]
According to the United Nations, violence against women and girls is the most pervasive human rights violation. Globally, an estimated 736 million women—nearly one in three— have experienced physical and/or sexual violence by an intimate partner, non-partner sexual violence, or both at least once in their lives. The latest estimates suggest that in 2018, 10% […]
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