In 2021, more than 17,000 women were killed by members of their entourage in Africa
On average, five out of 200,000 women are killed by someone close to them each year in Africa (Illustration image).
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Violence against women remains massive, and in some cases has rather increased, finds a new study published Wednesday, November 23 by two United Nations agencies.
In Africa, on average, five out of 200,000 women are killed by someone close to them each year.
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And the ratio of the number of women killed on the continent is among the highest in the world, second only to Asia, according to the report by UN Women and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.
In 2021, on the African continent, more than 17,000 women died under the blows of their spouse or a member of their entourage.
As a result, the home remains the place where the majority of violence against women is concentrated before the street or the workplace.
Many feminicides are still not listed as such.
In question, the differences in the definitions or the criteria applied by the States.
On the continent, only South Africa has adopted the necessary laws to suppress violence against women, such as the law on the prevention of domestic violence.
But even when the legislative arsenal exists, its application remains difficult.
While the rate of femicide has fallen in South Africa over the past 18 years, gender-based violence remains a scourge in the country.
The increase in violence against women and feminicides in particular, I would say, is a symptom of a continent that is in bad shape.
Florence Raes (UN Women): “It is a phenomenon that tends to increase when we are in times of crisis”
Christina Okello
►Also read: The report of the two UN agencies (in English)
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