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Sarah Johnson

Estimated 45,000 women and girls killed by family member in 2021, UN says

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An advertisement in Guatemala City as part of a campaign to reduce domestic violence. Photograph: Orlando Sierra/AFP/Getty Images

More than five women and girls were killed every hour by a family member in 2021, according to new UN figures on femicide.

A report, published on Wednesday, showed that 45,000 women and girls – more than half (56%) of the 81,100 murdered last year worldwide – were killed by their husband, partner or other relative.

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