Every hour about five girls or women are murdered by a relative or their partner. In 2021 there were a total of 45,000 victims. This corresponds to more than half of all murders of women. In addition, one in three women worldwide will experience physical or sexual violence in their lifetime.
The German Foundation for the World Population (DSW) published the figures on Tuesday based on a report from the United Nations. “Gender-based violence is a manifestation of unequal power relations between women and men, which manifest themselves in families and in society as a whole,” warned DSW director Jan Kreutzberg on Wednesday before International Women’s Day. The violence undermines “the freedom and potential of women worldwide”. Kreutzberg called for “comprehensive sex education” for boys and men to “do away with outdated gender images”.
According to the UN report, the risk of death for women in 2021 was highest in Africa. Every hour there were an average of two and a half so-called femicides per hundred thousand women, ie women murdered against the background of fantasies about property and power. The global average is 1.1 femicides per 100,000 women per hour, compared to 0.6 homicides in Europe.
Source: Krone
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