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Women in Africa face the highest risk of being murdered by family members, UN reports

UN has reported that , women and girls in Africa are more likely than anywhere else in the world to be killed by intimate partners or other family members.

According to the report, the continent has the highest level of violence against women in relation to its female population.

In 2021, approximately 45,000 women and girls worldwide will have been murdered by intimate partners or other family members.

When broken down, this means that more than five women or girls are killed by someone in their own family every hour.

The report released jointly by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and UN Women, says that even as the numbers are shocking, the true scale of femicide may be much higher.

By absolute numbers, Africa had the second-highest cases of female intimate partner/family-related killings, at 17,200, with Asia leading at 17,800. The Americas had 7,500 cases and 2,500 in Europe.

“Data on gender-related killings committed in the public sphere are particularly scarce, making it difficult to inform prevention policies for these types of killings,” it says.

The UN is calling for the strengthening of protection mechanisms for women human rights defenders and women’s rights activists.

“I call upon governments and partners across the world to increase long-term funding and support to women’s rights organisations,” UN Women executive director Sima Bahous said.

The UN report comes as the global commemoration of 16 days of activism against gender-based violence begins on Friday.

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