India, Nov. 25 -- Marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the 2025 femicide brief from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and UN Women confirms that femicide continues to take the lives of tens of thousands of women and girls worldwide, with no sign of real progress.

83,000 women and girls were killed intentionally last year. 60 per cent - or 50,000 women and girls - were killed at the hands of intimate partners or family members. This means one woman or girl is killed by a partner or family member almost every 10 minutes. In contrast, just 11 per cent of male homicides were perpetrated by intimate partners or family members during the same year.

"The home remains a dangerous and so...