ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The United Nations has disclosed that about 89,000 women and girls were killed in 2022 across the globe.
The UN on Thursday, stated that it is the highest annual figure recorded in the past two decades.
According to the report, the alarming number of femicides is a stark reminder that humanity is still grappling with deep-rooted inequalities and violence against women and girls.
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Ghada Waly, Executive Director of UNODC, in a statement, said, “Each life lost is a call to action, a plea to urgently address structural inequalities, to improve criminal justice responses, so that no woman or girl fears for her life because of her gender.’”
The Executive Director also explained that more than half of those murders, around 55 per cent, were committed by family members or partners, compared to about 12 percent of male victims of homicide.
Waly said the highest number of murders of women and girls, around 20,000, took place in Africa, followed by Asia.