Regional Course on Crime Statistics from a Gender Perspective

Across Asia and the Pacific, violence against women and girls is taking increasingly complex and lethal forms—from gender-related killings(femicide/feminicide) to rapidly evolving technology-facilitated abuse—yet both remain insufficiently measured due to persistent gaps in definitions, reporting, and integrated data systems.
In 20241, at least 17,400 women and girls in Asia were killed by an intimate partner or family member—approximately 48 every day—according to joint United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) estimates. While this represents a decline from the previous year, it does not signal true progress. Instead, it reflects ongoing weaknesses in national data and reporting systems, including incomplete identification and classification of femicide and limited capacity to capture gender-related motives.