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More than a third of the women killed intentionally in 2017 were killed by a current or former partner, and 137 women are killed by family members every day, the paper said.
Although the majority of homicide victims are men and are killed by strangers, women are much more likely to die in the hands of someone they know, according to the study. .
UNODC Executive Director, Yury Fedotov, said that women "continue to pay the highest price because of gender inequality, discrimination and negative stereotypes" and that the & # 39; Sexual homicide is a "deadly act in a continuum of gender-based discrimination and abuse".
The study, published on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on 25 November, examined data on killings related to gender-based violence and "feminicide", a term understood as a sex-based hate crime committed by men.
Overall, Asia was the region with the highest number of women killed by partners or family members last year (20,000), followed by Africa (19,000). , the Americas (8,000), Europe (3,000) and Oceania (300).
However, rates were higher in Africa and the Americas, which meant that women were at greatest risk of being killed by partners or family members in those areas.
In Africa, these homicides accounted for 3.1 per 100,000 women and in the Americas, the rate was 1.6 per 100,000 women, compared to 0.9 per 100,000 in Asia.
Europe had the lowest rate of sexual homicide, with 0.7 victims per 100,000 women.
Although countries have taken various measures to combat violence against women and gender-related killings – including the establishment of special units and increased training of the justice system Criminal – the report says that there is no sign of decreasing the number of victims of the genus. murders related to women and girls around the world.
The total number of female victims of homicide seems to have increased since 2012, he added, while the number of women killed by a partner or family member was estimated at 48,000 – 47% of the total. all women victims of homicide.
The new study called for a series of measures to combat the global problem, including coordination between the police, the criminal justice system, health services and social services, and to involve men more in the resolution of the problem. problem.
"In order to prevent and combat the killing of women and girls by gender, men must be involved in the fight against intimate partner violence and family-related homicides and in the changing cultural norms that exist. away from violent masculinity and gender stereotypes "I said.
