The women killed on one day around the world

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Executive Summary

An average of 137 women across the world are killed by a partner or family member every day, according to new data released by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

They say it makes "the home the most likely place for a woman to be killed".

More than half of the 87,000 women killed in 2017 were reported as dying at the hands of those closest to them

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BBC News
"More than half of women killed were victims of relatives of partners." -BBC News

 

 


 

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