UN Women and UNODC estimate about 50,000 femicides in 2024, warn digital abuse heightens risk

UN Women and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime presented paired technical and policy findings on the scale of intimate‑partner and family‑related femicide and the growing role of technology‑facilitated abuse.

“In 2024, an estimated 50,000 women and girls were killed by intimate partners or other family members,” said Candice Welch, director of the Division for Policy Analysis and Public Affairs at UNODC, summarizing the joint report’s headline figure. The agencies described the number as a global estimate subject to uncertainty because not all countries report consistently.

That estimate translates in the report to roughly 137 women and girls killed each day, with regional counts cited by the agencies: about 22,600 victims in Africa, 17,400 in Asia, 7,700 in the Americas, 2,100 in Europe and roughly 300 in Oceania. The report also noted regional rates per 100,000 people — Africa around 3 and the Americas about 1.5 — and stressed that longer…