On the Worldwide Day for the Elimination of Violence Towards Ladies, twenty fifth November 2024, UN Ladies and the United Nations Workplace on Medication and Crime (UNODC) will launch the Femicides in 2023: World Estimates of Feminine Intimate Companion/Household Member Homicides report with newest knowledge on femicides, the intentional killing of ladies. Globally, a lady was killed each 10 minutes in 2023.
A Media Café will probably be held on twenty fifth November at 9.30am EAT with representatives from UN Ladies East and Southern Africa and UNODC the place the femicide report will probably be launched. This will probably be attended in particular person on the Trademark Lodge.
What to anticipate after the official launch of the report on twenty fifth November 2024:
- Press launch with key findings from the report.
- Copy of the total report upon request.
- Alternatives for interviews.
2024 marks 25 years for the reason that UN designated twenty fifth November, the date of the homicide of the Mirabal sisters, because the Worldwide Day for the Elimination of Violence Towards Ladies. This Equality Café will present an necessary platform to mirror on progress and share greatest practices in accelerating efforts to remove violence towards girls and ladies as we method the thirtieth anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Motion in 2025. A panel dialogue on the identical will probably be uploaded on UN Ladies Africa’s YouTube channel.
In the course of the 16 Days of Activism, from twenty fifth November to tenth December, the UN Secretary Normal’s UNiTE marketing campaign may even draw consideration to the alarming escalation of violence towards girls beneath the theme, “Each 10 Minutes, a lady is killed. #NoExcuse. UNiTE to Finish Violence towards Ladies”.
On X, comply with UN Women Africa and the web dialog utilizing the hashtags #NoExcuse and #16days.
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of UN Ladies – Africa.