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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 2
INTRODUCTION 8
EXTENT OF FEMALE INTIMATE PARTNER/FAMILY-RELATED HOMICIDE IN ABSOLUTE NUMBERS 9
EXTENT OF FEMALE INTIMATE PARTNER/FAMILY-RELATED HOMICIDE IN RATES 10
TRENDS IN FEMALE INTIMATE PARTNER/FAMILY-RELATED HOMICIDE 10
HOMICIDES IN THE PRIVATE SPHERE HAVE A DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT ON WOMEN 18
PREVENTING GENDER-RELATED KILLINGS OF WOMEN AND GIRLS 19
STATISTICAL ANNEX 22
METHODOLOGICAL ANNEX 27
Figure 1. Estimated number of female victims of intimate partner/family-related homicide, by region (2022) 9
Figure 2. Trends in the number of female victims of intimate partner/family-related homicide in the Americas and Europe (2010-2022) 10
Figure 3. Trends in the number of female victims of intimate partner/family-related homicide in Northern, South, Central America, and the Caribbean (2017-2022) 11
Figure 4. Trends in the number of female victims of intimate partner/family-related homicide in Northern, Southern, and Western Europe (2010-2022) 12
Figure 4B. Trends in the number of female victims of intimate partner/family-related homicide in Eastern Europe (2014-2022) 13
Figure 5. Share of intimate partner/family-related homicides among all female and male homicides, by region (2022) 18
Figure 6. Country-level trends in gender-related killings of women and girls in selected countries of the Americas (2018-2022) 22
Figure 7. Country-level trends in gender-related killings of women and girls in selected countries of the Americas (2015 - most recent year available) 22
Figure 8. Trend in the rate of female intimate partner/family-related homicide per 100,000 female population in Italy, Spain, Germany and the United Kingdom (2010-2022) 22
Figure 9. Trend in the rate of female intimate partner/family-related homicide per 100,000 female population in Belarus, Hungary, Romania and the Russian Federation... 23
Figure 10. Number of gender-related violent deaths in India (2016-2021) 24
Figure 11. Female victims of honour crimes in Pakistan (2010-2022) 24
Figure 12. Country-level trends in gender-related killings of women and girls in selected countries in Africa and Asia (2015 - most recent year available) 25
Figure 13. Country-level trends in female homicide victims in Japan, Turkiye and the Philippines (2010 - most recent year available) 25
Figure 14. Trend in the rate of female intimate partner/family-related homicide per 100,000 female population in Australia and New Zealand (2014 - most recent year available) 26
Annex Tables
Table 1. Data coverage for female homicides and female intimate partner/family-related homicides by region (2010-2022) 28