Criminal Justice
Femicide: No improvement in violence against women
Latest Femicide census finds at least 147 women were killed by men in 2021.
3rd July 2024
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Latest Femicide census finds at least 147 women were killed by men in 2021.
Black and minoritised women face additional barriers in seeking protection from domestic abuse.
Coronavirus ‘weaponised’ by some domestic abusers as a new tool of control, and – in some cases – as an excuse or defence for abuse or homicide.
Latest femicide census: “If I’m not in Friday, I might be dead”
61% women were killed by their current or former partner.
Overkilling, using more force than required to kill someone, was evident in 40% cases where women were murdered by men last year.
