About this episode

The episode discusses the alarming rates of femicide globally and its implications as a public health issue.

Send us Fan Mail Femicide is the intentional killing of a woman or girl because of their gender. In 2022, the United Nations recorded 89,000 cases of intentional killings of women and girls worldwide. 55% of these murders were committed by intimate partners or perpetrators from the victims own environment. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1,821 Black women and girls were murdered in 2020 in the United States. Why don't we talk about these alarming, disturbing stat...

People in this episode

Host: Lori Ann Holmes-Wheaton

Topics covered

• femicide
• public health
• gender violence
• women's rights
• intimate partner violence

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: United Nations, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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