More than five women or girls were killed every hour in 2021 by someone in their own family, a UN report has revealed.
Of the 81,000 women and girls intentionally killed last year, 45,000 – around 56 per cent – died at the hands of intimate partners or other family members the report has revealed - proving home is not a safe place for many women and girls.
The shock report is a horrifying reminder that violence against women and girls is a human rights violations being carried out on a worldwide scale.
