80 women killed by men this year

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Every year this list shocks me.

So many women dead, so many kids left without mothers. So many violent men, most of them known to the women they kill.

But most of all, Men kill all types of women. Old, young, black, white, brown, disabled, housed, homeless and from every part of the country. Male violence is a truly equal opportunity crime.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-interactive/2024/mar/08/killed-women-count-a-project-highlighting-the-toll-and-tragedy-of-violence-against-women-in-the-uk

Rest in peace all those amazing women

It’s absolutely horrendous. I was particularly struck by the number of elderly women killed by their husbands with one at least using the defence ‘she didn’t want to suffer anymore’. Fortunately the judge saw through that

also the number of women killed by their sons

53% killed by a current or former partner - does this mean a lot more women are now being murdered by strangers?

95% of people charged are men

I found the number killed by their sons really alarming.

Horrifying as ever. The senseless and unnecessary waste of life is heartbreaking.

May they rest in peace, and my thoughts are with their families.

A dreadful number. And when you think of all the women who survived their injuries....

It's in the Guardian, possibly not the full count as that's lower than the average. In 2021 it was 147, it's usually between 124 and 168.

My first thought was that the number seemed low but it definitely is missing a few, and hasn't listed individual children such as the girls murdered at the Taylor Swift party.

I hate the reporting. It's so coy on who these men are and their relation to these women. If it wad clearer maybe we could stop with the "this is being treated as an isolated incident" bollocks.

@OhBling - I believe it's usual practice only to include cases which have been processed by the courts and we have a verdict. You use the word 'murder' of the Southport killings but Axel R hasn't yet been found guilty of that charge.

This is in no way a defence of him or anyone else, but it is a defence of the rule of law, which we see vanishing before our very eyes with activist judges, the PM branding rioters as 'criminals' before they've even appeared in court etc. Call me old fashioned but I still cling to the concept of innocent until proven guilty.

As @toweringdiscoinferno says, the number of sons (including sons-in-law, step-sons etc) is a worrying and substantial sub-category.

I understand, and respect, the points re alleged and "found dead" etc. I chose "murder" as a eord because i am not writing this post with any need to consoder the legalities.

The problem is that by thr time the information is allowed, it's not reported, or at least not widely. I was devastated to read in that article that Louise Hunt was also raped - I had not seen that update. Similarly, when a man is arrested, it's often not specified what his relationship to the woman is which I would like to see consistently (it is sometimes, of course). And I think we need the follow up reporting when details are made public because that's when the true horror is visible. My dad is a wonderful man who is genuinely appalled by this violence but when you just see the headlines, at 90 years old, he says things like, "he obviously isn't right in the head" about these men. He never victim blames so I guess I should be pleased but it frustrates me that so many people can dismiss it that way because we don't see the relentlessness of the misogyny and entitlement that goes with these killings. That only starts to become clear when the details are added "he wanted to end her suffering even though she did not" or "he was angry that she had ended the relationship" or whatever.

Very sad reading and the photos of the victims are difficult to look at. So many times police had already been involved which makes me angry.

I've been reading this just now. 😥

So many women, so many bereaved families.

As someone above said, there are many women who are fortunately not on the list because by some miracle they have survived brutal attacks. Thinking of them too today and hoping they can move on with their lives.

We have an annual commemoration on or near 25th November (international day for the elimination of violence against women & girls) taking the names reported over the previous 12 months.

it was over 100 this year - plus several children - not counting 2 women whose deaths had been reported in October but names not released. We shall remember them next year.

It’s always an underestimate because some deaths will not yet have been reported & some not regarded as killing.

eastangliabylines.co.uk/lifestyle/community/norfolk-women-hold-powerful-vigil-for-women-killed-in-the-uk/

Such tragic statistics- all those children who have lost their mothers. Awful, just awful
And I was horrified at the man who said he killed his wife to end suffering! His ‘suffering’ obviously; cruel and selfish

Well the cynic in me says typical Guardian only bothering and then copying the work of women, ie the now well established Femicide Census https://kareningalasmith.com/the-femicide-census/

Shocking that some people only pay attention if its in the Guardian, but I suppose its better than ignoring.

Just to add according to official figures, and now used by Women's Aid, they no longer say 2 women a week killed by men, but use the phrase more tha1, as the number of legally accepted deaths of women by men has dropped in the last year / eighteen months.

The vast majority are killed by partners/former partners so domestic abuse is something that needs to be looked at more seriously.

Male violence is pretty much always the problem, and yet it's spiralling out of control in areas like London, whilst millions are spent on advertising "Maaate" and "staring is a sex crime", but less priority spent on policing.

Always get a bit uneasy when for some of those cases there were other victims (like a mother and son killed by the husband/father) who are not deemed "worthy" victims. I'm reminded of events like the Nottingham stabbings where one victim was ignored, and the Plymouth shootings where the male victims were ignored.