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One woman killed by someone close every 10 minutes, says UN
Khaleej Times
|November 26, 2025
Every 10 minutes last year a woman somewhere in the world was killed by a person close to her, the United Nations said Monday as it decried a lack of progress in the battle against femicide.
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Some 50,000 women and girls were killed by intimate partners or family members in 2024, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and UN Women said in a report released to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
This story is from the November 26, 2025 edition of Khaleej Times.
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