Of the 85,000 women killed by men in 2023, 60% died at the hands of a partner or family member, new UN figures show

An estimated 140 women and girls across the world die at the hands of their partner or family member every day, according to new global estimates on femicide by the UN.

The report by UN Women found 85,000 women and girls were killed intentionally by men in 2023, with 60% (51,100) of these deaths committed by someone close to the victim. The organisation said its figures showed that, globally, the most dangerous place for a woman to be was in her home, where the majority of women die at the hands of men.

Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda, UN Women’s deputy executive director, said: “What the data is telling us is that it is the private and domestic sphere’s of women’s lives, where they should be safest, that so many of them are being exposed to deadly violence.

  • pixxelkick@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    The leasing non-disease causes for death in women are:

    1. Falling (primarily elderly women)
    2. Unintentional poisoning (primarily middle aged women)
    3. Car accidents (primarily younger women)
    4. Suicide
    5. Homicide at 5th place

    https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5683079/

    And thats ignoring, of course, all the actual leading causes of death which are various diseases, primarily heart diseases of course, and COVID.

    Mind you that still does indicate that home is where most people die, but it’s not homicide you should be worried about.

    It’s your stairs and… garden, I guess? I have no idea why unintentional poisoning is so high, does food poisoning count? It must. (Edit: drug overdoses, whoops)

    So I guess what ladies should really be wary of is their stairs, ladders, and those leftovers that you’re not sure about from the weekend.

    Just as an example, for every 1 homicide victims in women aged 20-39, there were (in the same group):

    • 4.5 unintentional poisoning deaths (drug overdoses)
    • 2.7 traffic accident deaths
    • 2.1 suicides

    And among women aged 70+ years, there were no homicides in the data, but over 60% of injury related deaths were caused by falling. Just… Falling. Not homicide, just “mum had a fall yesterday and had to see the doctor”

    I suppose that really drives home how important building codes are and stuff like life alert, for old folks…

    If you account for the actual leading causes of death though, where you really outta be wary of are fast food chains, public transit, and low ventilation workspaces with sneezy coworkers. That’s what’ll actually be most likely to kill you…

    I guess with skip the dishes being a thing though, that’s still home being the most “dangerous” place anyways, /shrug