France, Nov. 20 -- Every day in France, more than three women are victims of femicide or attempted femicide by their partners, a figure that has risen over the past year, according to data published on Thursday by the Interministerial Mission for the Protection of Women (Miprof) covering 2024.

"Every seven hours, a woman is killed, attempted to be killed, driven to suicide or attempted suicide by her partner or ex-partner," according to the annual letter from the National Observatory on Violence Against Women, which is part of Miprof.

Specifically, 107 women were victims of domestic femicide last year, 270 were victims of attempted domestic femicide, and 906 women were victims of harassment by their spouse or ex-spouse, leading to suici...