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Killed women count

Killed women count is a project highlighting the toll and tragedy of femicide in the UK. Throughout 2024, the Guardian will aim to report on every woman allegedly killed by a man, drawing on the work of campaigns like Counting Dead Women, the Femicide Census and Killed Women

6 March 2025

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    One in eight women killed by men are over 70, report reveals

    Lack of media focus and specialist services mean abuse of older women often hidden, the campaign group Femicide Census says

5 March 2025

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    More than 170 mothers killed by their sons in 15 years in UK, report reveals

    Data analysing deaths of all 2,000 women killed by men since 2009 reveals hidden scourge of matricide
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    ‘A real injustice’: mothers killed by their children is still a hidden issue in UK

    Research shows that mothers are seen as a ‘safe space’ for their offspring – nearly all of them sons – to use violence
  • Clockwise from top left: Michele Romano, Christine Bauld, Mayawati Bracken, Bernadette Rosario and Kelly Pitt.

    ‘You took the life of someone who had given you life’: the women killed by their sons

    In the past 15 years, nearly one in 10 women killed at the hands of men were killed by their sons – here we look at 10 cases

31 December 2024

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    Killed women count: 80 women allegedly killed by men in UK in 2024

    Throughout the year the Guardian aimed to report on every woman whose death has led to a man being charged

14 August 2024

  • A composite of some of the women featured in the Killed Women Count series.

    Wednesday briefing: The grim toll of a ‘national emergency’ in attacks on women

    In today’s newsletter: The number of cases in which a man has been charged for killing a woman has reached 50 in the UK this year. Alexandra Topping explains why the Guardian is focusing on their stories
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