According to the UN, an average of 140 women and girls a day will be killed by their partners or relatives in 2023

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The deadliest place for women is in the home, where an average of 140 women and girls a day were killed by an intimate partner or family member last year, two U.N. agencies reported Monday.

UN Women and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime said an intimate partner or family member was responsible for the deaths of approximately 51,100 women and girls globally in 2023, with an estimated 48,800 victims in 2022.

The report, published on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, said the increase was largely the result of more data from countries, not more murders.

But the two organizations stressed: “Women and girls continue to be affected by this extreme form of gender-based violence everywhere, and no region is left out.” And they said, “The most dangerous place for women and girls is the home.”

The report stated that the highest number of intimate partner and family murders occurred in Africa, with an estimated 21,700 victims in 2023. Africa also had the highest number of victims relative to population size: 2.9 victims per 100,000 people.

Last year there were high rates of 1.6 female victims per 100,000 in the Americas and 1.5 per 100,000 in Oceania. Rates were significantly lower in Asia at 0.8 victims per 100,000 and in Europe at 0.6 per 100,000.

According to the report, intentional killings of women in private spaces in Europe and America are largely committed by their intimate partners.

On the other hand, it was stated that the majority of male murders took place outside the home and family.

“Although men and boys the vast majority of murder victimsWomen and girls continue to be disproportionately affected by lethal violence in the private sphere, the report said.

“An estimated 80 percent of all homicide victims in 2023 were male and 20 percent were female; But lethal domestic violence harms women much more than men; Almost 60 percent of all women killed intentionally in 2023 were victims. intimate partner/family member murder,” he said.

However, it was said in the report Efforts to prevent femicide Girls and their murder rates by country “remain at alarmingly high levels.”

“These are often the result of repeated incidents of gender-based violence, which means they can be prevented with timely and effective interventions,” the two organizations said.