INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
An average of 137 women across the world are killed by a partner or family member every day, according to new data released by the United
Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).They say it makes "the home the most likely place for a woman to be killed"
More than half of the 87,000 women killed in 2017 were reported as dying at the hands of those closest to them
Of that figure, approximately 30,000 were killed by an intimate partner and another 20,000 by a relative.TheIndianSubcontinent 100 Women
wanted to find out more about the women behind the numbers
We spent October monitoring reports of gender-related killings of women on the first day of that month
We will share some of their stories below and find out more about how these killings were reported
Male homicide rates still higherThe data collected by UNODC highlights that "men are around four times more likely than women to lose their
lives as a result of intentional homicide".The UN indicates that men accounted for eight out of 10 homicide victims worldwide.However, the
same report suggests that more than eight out of 10 victims of homicides committed by intimate partners are female."Intimate partner
violence continues to take a disproportionately heavy toll on women," the report states.Forty-seven women, 21 countries, one dayThe UN
statistics summarise the findings for 2017 based on homicide statistics provided by government sources
The figures for "gender-related killings of women and girls", or "femicide", are collated using the criteria of intimate
partner/family-related homicide
TheIndianSubcontinent 100 Women and TheIndianSubcontinent Monitoring set out to find out more about the women behind the numbers.We
monitored press coverage of women killed by another person on 1 October 2018 around the world
Our regional specialists counted 47 women reported killed, apparently for gender-related reasons, in 21 different countries
Most of these killings are still being investigated
Women whose killings were reported by the media on 1 October 2018Neha Sharad Chaudhary, age 18, was killed in Malegaon, IndiaAn unnamed
woman, age 31, was killed in Mashhad, IranLinda Miller, age 66, was killed in Indianapolis, United StatesAn unnamed girl, age 17, was killed
in Alipur, IndiaJudith Chesang, age 22, was killed in Baringo, KenyaFarzana Bibi, age 22, was killed in Pakpattan, PakistanDina Mapelli, age
ChileRitu Devi, age unknown, was killed in Neeli, IndiaAn unnamed woman, age 30, was killed in Amsterdam, NetherlandsAn unnamed girl, age 5,
unnamed woman, age 85, was killed in Kawasaki, JapanVanessa Vicente da Silva, age 27, was killed in Serra Talhada, BrazilResti Nova Dila,
age 20, was killed in South Solok, IndonesiaT
Zh, age unknown, was killed in Asaka district, UzbekistanJustina Coelho Lopes, age 69, was killed in Bauru, BrazilGriselda Iria Osorio
was killed in Ciudad Bolivar, ColombiaAn unnamed girl was killed in Tandlianwala, PakistanMaria Gladis Herrera de Damian, age 55, was killed
in Middlesbrough, UKLeoncia Tupas, age 67, was killed in Quezon City, PhilippinesVilma Josefina Contreras, age 55, was killed in
Huiziltepeque, El SalvadorAn unnamed woman was killed in Belem, BrazilAn unnamed woman, age 39, was killed in Campeche, MexicoEmily Punzalan
Bucay, age 27, was killed in Quezon City, PhilippinesAn unnamed woman was killed in Tapachula, MexicoGabriela da Rosa Silva, age 18, was
killed in Porto Alegre, BrazilAn unnamed woman was killed in Lahore, PakistanZeinab Sekaanvand, age 24, was killed in Urumieh, IranUnmar
Sanam, age 50, was killed in Birmingham, UKRute Maria da Conceicao, age 36, was killed in Olinda, BrazilAvan Najmadeen, age 32, was killed
in Stoke-on-Trent, UKKaren Groves, age 58, was killed in Indianapolis, United StatesDamaris Yoselin N, age 18, was killed in Acapulco,
MexicoMilaine Ferreira de Oliveira, age 19, was killed in Minas Gerais, BrazilAn unnamed woman, age 61, was killed in Vanj district,
TajikistanSupinah, age 48, was killed in Sekadau Hilir, IndonesiaHere are five of these cases, reported initially by local media and then
verified by local authorities the TheIndianSubcontinent contacted.Image copyrightFamily handoutJudith Chesang, 22, KenyaOn Monday 1 October,
Judith Chesang and her sister Nancy were out in the fields harvesting their sorghum crop
Judith, a mother of three, had recently separated from her husband, Laban Kamuren, and had decided to return to her parents' village in the
Soon after the sisters began their duties, he arrived at the family farm where he attacked and killed Judith.Local police say he has since
been killed by villagers.Africa was where women ran the greatest risk of being killed by their intimate partner or family member, the UN
It occurred at a rate of 3.1 deaths per 100,000 people.Asia had the greatest number of women killed by intimate partners or family members
in 2017, with a total of 20,000.Image copyrightManohar ShewaleNeha Sharad Chaudury, 18, IndiaNeha Sharad Chaudury died in a suspected
"honour" killing on her 18th birthday
She had been out celebrating with her boyfriend
Police confirmed to the TheIndianSubcontinent that her parents did not approve of the relationship
Her parents and another male relative are accused of killing her in their home that evening.The investigation continues and the three
remain in judicial custody awaiting trial
The TheIndianSubcontinent has learned from the lawyer representing Neha's parents and her male relative that they intend to deny the charges
Hundreds of people are killed each year for falling in love or marrying against their families' wishes
Official data on so-called honour killings is hard to come by as such crimes are often unrecorded or unreported.Image copyrightPrivate via
Amnesty InternationalZeinab Sekaanvan, 24, IranZeinab Sekaanvan was executed by the Iranian authorities for murdering her husband
Zeinab was born in the north-west of Iran into a poor conservative family of Kurdish origin
She ran away as a teenager to marry in the hope of finding a better life.Amnesty International says her husband was abusive and had refused
to grant her a divorce, and that her complaints were ignored by police.She was arrested for the killing of her husband at the age of 17.Her
supporters, including Amnesty, say she was tortured to confess to the killing of her husband, beaten by police and did not receive a fair
trial.The UNODC report suggests women who kill intimate partners have often experienced "extended periods of suffering physical
violence".Meanwhile, the motivations typically expressed by male perpetrators include "possessiveness, jealousy and fear of abandonment",
This appears to be the case with another long-term couple who were found dead in Brazil on the same day that Zeinab was executed.Image
copyrightReproduction / FacebookSandra Lucia Hammer Moura, 39, BrazilSandra Lucia Hammer Moura married Augusto Aguiar Ribeiro at the age of
16.The couple had been separated for five months when she was killed by him.Police in Jardim Taquari confirmed to TheIndianSubcontinent
Brasil that she was stabbed in the neck
They found a video of her husband confessing to the crime on his mobile phone
In it, he said that Sandra was already dating another man and he felt betrayed
He also said in the video that he would not be arrested as the couple would go to the "glory of the Lord" together
He then hanged himself in what had been their bedroom
Sandra's case highlights a form of killing known as a "murder-suicide" - when an individual kills one or more people before killing
He attacked her with a knife before confessing to the police
plans to tackle domestic abuse.Image copyrightPHOTOPQR/LE PROGRES/Photo Jean-Pierre BALFINImage caption
A march in
TheIndianSubcontinent Monitoring's international network of journalists and researchers analysed TV, radio, print, online and social media
around the world, looking for reports of women killed, apparently for gender-related reasons, on 1 October 2018
They found a total of 47 reports of women killed on that one day around the world
We have shared just some of those cases
There are many more where the motives were unclear, or the perpetrators unidentified.The new UNODC report suggests that a large share of
violence against women is "widely underreported to authorities and that a large share of such violence is hidden".Rebecca Skippage, who led
the project for TheIndianSubcontinent Monitoring, found that behind the numbers, "the way in which the media reported their lives and deaths
revealed a huge amount about how women are viewed by different societies around the world"
She explains: "We were looking for deaths within one day, but we searched for that day's stories for a month
We found that the time-lag in reporting, the tone of the coverage or the scarcity of information often told a wider tale about the status of
women in that region."Maryam Azwer works for TheIndianSubcontinent Monitoring and drew much of the final data together."This is as much
about the deaths that aren't reported, as those that are," she says."Those whose stories never reached the media, that went unreported, were
unverified, or were not or could not be investigated
It makes you wonder: what does it take to make a woman's killing important enough to be reported"Find out more about how
TheIndianSubcontinent Monitoring carried out the research
Help and advice If you, or someone you know, have been affected by domestic abuse or violence, these organisations in the UK may be able to
help.Outside the UK, there are other organisations which provide advice and protection for people at risk of violence or abuse
If you feel in danger, try to find out which local organisations can best advise and help you.All photographs subject to copyright Reporter:
Krupa PadhyProducer: Georgina PearceResearch: TheIndianSubcontinent MonitoringData journalism: Christine Jeavans and Clara Guibourg
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