U.N. Report Spotlights Amount Of Women Killed Globally By 'Intimate Partners' And Family
Source: NBC News
By Farnoush Amiri, 1:09 PST. "This is not all that surprising," said one domestic violence advocate.
A new United Nations report shows about 50,000 women were killed globally last year by their "intimate partner" or family member. This equates to 137 women per day — or nearly six every hour. The report, released Sunday by the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), tied to the U.N.'s International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, shows the Americas ranked third-worst globally.
"While the vast majority of homicide victims are men, women continue to pay the highest price as a result of gender inequality, discrimination and negative stereotypes," UNODC Executive Director Yury Fedotov said in a statement that accompanied the report. "They are also the most likely to be killed by intimate partners and family."
According to the study: "A total of 87,000 women were intentionally killed in 2017. More than half of them (58 per cent) ̶ 50,000 ̶ were killed by intimate partners or family members, meaning that 137 women across the world are killed by a member of their own family every day. More than a third (30,000) of the women intentionally killed in 2017 were killed by their current or former intimate partner ̶ someone they would normally expect to trust."
In the United States alone, a 2017 study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention similarly found that nearly half of all female homicide victims are killed by either an intimate partner, or the partner's family or friends. -MORE...
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Women are at higher risk of domestic violence right after they leave their partner, according to a recent study by the CDC. "This is happening all across the country where women who have made the decision to leave a relationship and their partners have decided to respond with firearms or violence," said Rachel Goldsmith, VP, domestic violence centers, Safe Horizon, a victim's assistance organization.
The U.N. report calls for women to gain more access to a comprehensive range of services from the police and justice system. And it recommends more involvement between health and social services. "The reality is that domestic violence is about power and control but there are things that can be protective such as restricting access to firearms and implementing mental health services," Goldsmith said.
- Women dressed as brides attend the march for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Mexico City, Nov. 25, 2018.
'Mark of Shame on All Our Societies': UN Finds More Women Killed by Domestic Violence Than Any Other Crime. 50,000 women around the world were killed by family members or intimate partners in 2017. Common Dreams. Nov. 26, 2018.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/11/26/mark-shame-all-our-societies-un-finds-more-women-killed-domestic-violence-any-other
In a quarter of the world's countries, no laws exist protecting women and girls from what a new United Nations study says is the crime most likely to kill them: violence perpetrated by their intimate partners and family members. Marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime on Sunday released a global study on homicide, focusing on gender-related killings, and revealed that out of 87,000 women who were murdered around the world in 2017, 58 percent of them were killed by family members or partners.
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called violence against women "a moral affront to all women and girls, a mark of shame on all our societies and a major obstacle to inclusive, equitable, and sustainable development." "Not until the half of our population represented by women and girls can live free from fear, violence and everyday insecurity, can we truly say we live in a fair and equal world." —Antonio Guterres, U.N. Secretary-General"At its core, violence against women and girls is the manifestation of a profound lack of respect—a failure by men to recognize the inherent equality and dignity of women," Guterres said. "It is an issue of fundamental human rights."
- A U.N. study found that violence perpetrated by family members or intimate partners is the leading cause of death for women worldwide.
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