140 women lost in a day...The perpetrator is a close man or family member.

The United Nations said on the 25th local time that 140 women were killed a day around the world last year by men and families close to them, including their husbands.

According to a report released by the United Nations Women's Organization (UN Women) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to mark International Women's Violence Elimination Day, 51,000 women were killed by lovers, spouses, or families last year, up from 48,800 in 2022.

The two U.N. agencies said Africa had the most murders by lovers, spouses, and families, with about 21,700 women killed last year alone.

Africa also recorded the highest number of victims relative to the overall population, with 2.9 victims per 100,000 people.

The number of female victims per 100,000 was 1.6 in the Americas and 1.5 in Oceania.

Asia had a low rate of 0.8 and Europe had a low rate of 0.6.

In Europe and the Americas, it was found that there were many cases where lovers or spouses deliberately killed women in private areas.

In contrast, the killings, in which men were victims, were mostly caused by people outside the home, not family members, the two U.N. agencies explained.

The agencies analyzed that the increase in the number of victims last year may not be due to the fact that more data was obtained than before.

But women and girls around the world continue to be affected by extreme forms of gender-based violence and no region has escaped it, deploring that "home is the most dangerous place for women and girls."

He also explained that nearly 60% of murdered women were victimized by lovers, spouses, and families, and that while 20% of all murder victims were women last year, deadly violence in the family caused far more damage to women than men.

He also stressed that effective timely intervention can prevent women's damage, considering that women's damage is often the result of repeated gender violence, even in each country's efforts to prevent female victims.